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House committee advances rent-stabilization bill after narrow vote; two amendments fail
Summary
A House committee reported a second-substitute version of House Bill 1217 with a due-pass recommendation after rejecting two amendments that would have removed an emergency clause and aligned the bill with an upcoming attorney general model lease.
A House appropriations committee on the record reported the second substitute of House Bill 1217 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation after a roll-call vote of 18 ayes and 13 nays.
The bill, as reported, survived two floor amendments. Amendment base 080 failed on voice vote, and amendment base 79 — which would have removed the bill's emergency clause and delayed its effective date to align with an attorney general model lease — also failed. Representative Cortez urged a no vote on base 79, saying, "The emergency clause is in the bill because we have an urgent crisis now, and Washington renters simply cannot wait for relief." Representative Keaton argued the amendment "does 2 really…
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