Bills › 2023-24
SB 5961: Residential tenants
Data last updated: bill actions through Aug 23, 2026 · lobbyist reports through Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 14, 2026)
Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.
- Prime sponsor
- Yasmin Trudeau
- Introduced
- Jan 8, 2024
- Status
- First reading, referred to Housing. (Jan 8, 2024)
- The Legislature's page
- SB 5961 on leg.wa.gov
Floor votes
No floor roll call on file (it didn't pass a chamber, or it was decided without one).
Who lobbied on it 4
| Employer | Lobbyists | To 2026 candidates |
|---|---|---|
| WA FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES | 2 | $55,150 |
| EMPIRE HEALTH FOUNDATION | 1 | — |
| GEODUCK STUDENT UNION OF THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE | 1 | — |
| WA State Community Action Partnership | 1 | — |
Lobbying reports name a bill number, not a position on it or a version of it. Money: what each employer (as a donor to two or more 2026 candidates) gave to the 2026 campaigns of the members who voted yea or nay on the bill's latest final passage in each chamber.