BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5661: Landlord-tenant/preemption

Creating consistency in housing.

Summary

Preempts counties, cities and towns from enacting, maintaining or enforcing ordinances or other provisions which regulate any agreement between a landlord and a tenant under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act and the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act with certain exceptions.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5661), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to creating consistency in housing;

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 5661 (2023–24) Skill center class sizes · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5661 (2021–22) Fish and wildlife commission · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5661 (2019–20) Survivorship benefit options · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5661 (2017–18) LEOFF interr. service credit · Enacted · Chapter 188, Laws of 2017
SB 5661 (2015–16) State ballot measures · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5661 (2013–14) Property assessments/appeals · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5661 (2011–12) Derelict fishing gear · Enacted · Chapter 190, Laws of 2012
SB 5661 (2009–10) Home school declaration · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House