BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 2559: Affordable housing funding

Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs.

Summary

Allows counties, cities, and towns to impose a short-term rental tax of up to 4 percent.
Requires revenue from the short-term rental tax to be used for affordable housing programs.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2559), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs;

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

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

HB 2559 (2019–20) WDFW/payments in lieu of tax · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2559 (2017–18) Marijuana home cultivation · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2559 (2015–16) Large campaign contributions · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2559 (2013–14) Sexual assault · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2559 (2011–12) Bribery of public officials · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2559 (2009–10) Watershed improvement · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2559 (2007–08) High-speed internet · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2559 (2005–06) Weighing & measuring devices · Did not pass · died in committee