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Panel Hears Competing Views on SB 6091 to Limit Pocket Listings; Realtors, Tech Firms and Fair‑Housing Groups Testify
Summary
Substitute SB 6091 would prohibit real-estate brokers from marketing residential properties to exclusive groups unless the property is concurrently marketed to the public. Tech platforms, housing advocates and realtor groups largely supported the bill; industry witnesses and rental-housing representatives raised scope and drafting questions, including whether the bill should apply to leases.
The Consumer Protection and Business Committee heard extensive testimony Feb. 18 on substitute SB 6091, which would prohibit real-estate brokers from marketing the sale or lease of residential property to a limited or exclusive group of buyers or brokers unless the property is concurrently marketed to the public.
Megan Mulvihill, committee staff, summarized changes from the House companion: the prohibition is no longer framed as an unfair practice under the Washington law against discrimination and the bill clarifies that public marketing does not require a seller to allow access to a residence.
A senator who identified himself in the hearing as Marco Leah, introduced the bill as a…
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