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E2SSB 5496: Home buying by entities
Data last updated: bill actions through Aug 23, 2026 · lobbyist reports through Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 14, 2026)
Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.
- Prime sponsor
- Emily Alvarado
- Introduced
- Feb 28, 2025
- Status
- By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (Mar 12, 2026)
- The Legislature's page
- E2SSB 5496 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 9
| Employer | Lobbyists | To 2026 candidates |
|---|---|---|
| American Investment Council (thru MultiState Associates, LLC) | 1 | — |
| BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN OF WA | 1 | — |
| Coalition for Home Equity Partnership | 1 | — |
| Parkview Services | 1 | — |
| Tenants Revolt | 1 | — |
| Unlock Technologies | 1 | — |
| WA BANKERS ASSN | 1 | $13,200 |
| Washington Homeownership Resource Center | 1 | — |
| Washington Mortgage Bankers Association | 1 | $2,000 |
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.