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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5741: Housing court commissioners

Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners.

Summary

  • Authorizes superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners for unlawful detainer actions and specifies the limits of their powers.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5741), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Emily Alvarado (D-34)
Introduced
February 13, 2025 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2026
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to addressing court capacity for unlawful detainer actions by authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Emily Alvarado (D-34)

3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Jessica Bateman D-22T'wina Nobles D-28Jamie Pedersen D-43

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Housing.

SB 5741 in other sessions

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

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