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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5496: Home buying by entities

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 5496 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. Primary sponsor: Emily Alvarado (D). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2026): By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 14

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Emily AlvaradoPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Jessica BatemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Steve ConwayCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Noel FrameCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Liz LovelettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate40
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Tina OrwallCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Derek StanfordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Lisa WellmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate41
Claire WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
  2. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  3. APP - Executive action taken by committee.
  4. APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
  5. Minority; do not pass.
  6. Minority; without recommendation.
  7. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  8. Referred to Appropriations.
  9. HOUS - Majority; do pass.
  10. Minority; do not pass.
  11. Minority; without recommendation.
  12. HOUS - Executive action taken by committee.

Showing 12 most recent of 34 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page