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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5060

SB 5060: Rental & vacant properties

Requiring the registration of rental and vacant housing units.

Summary

  • Requires rental property owners in cities with populations of 130,000 or more to register all rental and vacant housing units and report monthly rental rates with the Department of Commerce every two years.
  • Requires the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a website that tracks and discloses rental housing inventory and reported rental rate data.
  • Imposes a $70 registration fee for the first rental housing unit and a $15 fee for each additional unit.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5060), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 9, 2023
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Patty Kuderer (D-48)
Introduced
January 9, 2023 in the Senate
Last action
January 8, 2024
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5060, SSB 5060

AN ACT Relating to the registration of rental and vacant housing units;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Patty Kuderer (D-48)

9 co-sponsors (9 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Yasmin Trudeau D-27Manka Dhingra D-45Noel Frame D-36Karen Keiser D-33Joe Nguyen D-34T'wina Nobles D-28Emily Randall D-26June Robinson D-38Lisa Wellman D-41

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5060)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5060)
  4. Referred to Ways & Means.
  5. HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5060)
  6. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5060)
  7. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5060)
  8. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5060)
  9. Minority; do not pass.
  10. Minority; without recommendation.
  11. And refer to Ways & Means.
  12. HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  13. First reading, referred to Housing.
  14. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 5060 in other sessions

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

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