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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1388

HB 1388: Residential rent practices

Concerning residential rent practices.

Summary

  • Prohibits, with certain exceptions, a landlord subject to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act or the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act from charging excessive rent; charging a higher rent or including terms of payment or other material conditions in a rental agreement that are more burdensome to a tenant based on whether the tenancy is month-to-month or longer term; and charging move-in fees and deposits that exceed one month's rent.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1388), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2023
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Nicole Macri (D-43)
Introduced
January 17, 2023 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2024
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1388, SHB 1388

AN ACT Relating to protecting tenants by prohibiting predatory residential rent practices and by applying the consumer protection act to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Nicole Macri (D-43)

30 co-sponsors (30 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Alex Ramel D-40Strom Peterson D-21My-Linh Thai D-41Mia Gregerson D-33David Hackney D-11Timm Ormsby D-3Emily Alvarado D-34Beth Doglio D-22Julio Cortes D-38Marcus Riccelli D-3Sharlett Mena D-29Shelley Kloba D-1Jessica Bateman D-22Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Chipalo Street D-37Jamila Taylor D-30Debra Lekanoff D-40Tarra Simmons D-23Darya Farivar D-46Gerry Pollet D-46Monica Jurado Stonier D-49Liz Berry D-36Julia Reed D-36Steve Bergquist D-11Melanie Morgan D-29Lauren Davis D-32Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Frank Chopp D-43Chris Stearns D-47Mary Fosse D-38

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1388)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1388)
  4. Referred to Appropriations.
  5. HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1388)
  6. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 1388)
  7. HOUS - Executive action taken by committee.
  8. Minority; do not pass.
  9. HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  10. First reading, referred to Housing.

HB 1388 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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