BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5615: Residential housing permits

Concerning project permit applications for residential housing units.

Summary

Requires that a proposed residential housing project within the incorporated areas of an urban growth area must be considered under the zoning or other land use control ordinances in effect at the time a fully complete project permit application has been submitted.
States that the requirements of a fully completed application must be defined by local ordinance.
Establishes that a project permit application is not deemed invalid or incomplete on the basis that an applicable fee has not been paid or an applicable notice has not been posted or delivered.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to project permit applications for residential housing units;

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.

SB 5615 (2023–24) Rent controls/local gov. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5615 (2021–22) State sport · Enacted · Chapter 188, Laws of 2022
SB 5615 (2019–20) Sasquatch, official cryptid · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5615 (2017–18) Manuf. housing communities · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5615 (2015–16) Firearms transfers · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5615 (2013–14) Health professional program · Enacted · Chapter 298, Laws of 2013
SB 5615 (2011–12) Telecommunications service · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5615 (2009–10) Marijuana possession · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor