HB 1135 Washington House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act.

HB 1135 requires counties and cities to fix planning errors that violate Washington's Growth Management Act within 45 days of a noncompliance finding. It creates a formal process where a state board must hold a hearing, determine if local governments have corrected violations, and issue findings within 45 days. If local governments fail to comply, the board can recommend sanctions to the governor or refer the issue to the state department for technical help. The law directly affects local governments that miss deadlines for updating land-use plans to align with state growth management rules.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Dec 26, 2024 Signed Apr 7, 2025

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Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2025 · House Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

32–19

Passed

Total votes 51

Mar 26, 2025

D Democratic31

31 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

1 Yea 19 Nay

95% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 7, 2025

Signed into law

Governor signed.

executive

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

President signed.

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Speaker signed.

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (32-19)

senate

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Minority; without recommendation.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

LGV - Majority; do pass.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Floor amendment(s) adopted.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Minority; without recommendation.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.

lower

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors