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SSB 5222: 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
- Feb 19, 2025
- Status
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (Jan 12, 2026)
- The Legislature's page
- SSB 5222 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 13
| Employer | Lobbyists | To 2026 candidates |
|---|---|---|
| Americans for Prosperity | 1 | — |
| BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN OF WA | 1 | — |
| Bellevue Chamber of Commerce | 1 | — |
| Expedia Group | 1 | $3,900 |
| FPIW Action | 1 | — |
| Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County | 1 | — |
| Inatai Foundation | 1 | $1,915 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE | 1 | — |
| QLaw Foundation of Washington | 1 | — |
| Quaker Voice on Washington Public Policy | 1 | — |
| Snoqualmie Tribe | 1 | $72,000 |
| The Arc of King County | 1 | — |
| WA FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES | 1 | $55,150 |
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.