SB 5471 — Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-23
AN ACT Relating to authorizing middle housing in unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities;
Latest action: 2025-05-20 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Sponsors
- Goehner, Keith (R, WA-12) — sponsor · 2025-01-23
- Bateman, Jessica (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Liias, Marko (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Housing.
- · senate — HSG - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Housing.
- · senate — HOUS - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 4.
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments.
- · senate — Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 386, 2025 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-23 | Bateman, Jessica | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Goehner, Keith | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Liias, Marko | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Saldaña, Rebecca | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goehner, Keith (R, state_upper WA-12) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bateman, Jessica (D, state_upper WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Liias, Marko (D, state_upper WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-01-23 · sponsored by Goehner, Keith (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Bateman, Jessica (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Liias, Marko (cosponsor) · sponsorship