House Background Summary — ESHB 2059, Real Estate Broker Duties (2022)

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This is the House Background Summary of ESHB 2059, as passed by the House on February 10, 2022. Its title reads "An act relating to real estate agency law, but only to clarify that the statutory duties of real estate brokers apply to all parties and prohibiting the delivery of buyer unfair practice letters to the seller of residential real estate." The House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business is listed as sponsor, with the bill originally sponsored by Representatives Gregerson, Leavitt, Morgan, Vick, Gilday, Rude, Chapman, Barkis and Lekanoff. The committee acted on 1/27/22 and 1/31/22 [DPS], and the bill passed the House 95-0. Testifying were Representative Mia Gregerson, Mary Hull-Drury and Annie Fitzsimmons of Washington Realtors, and Michael Spence.

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                  HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                           ESHB 2059
                                         As Passed House:
                                         February 10, 2022

Title: An act relating to real estate agency law, but only to clarify that the statutory duties of real
     estate brokers apply to all parties and prohibiting the delivery of buyer unfair practice letters
     to the seller of residential real estate.

Brief Description: Concerning real estate broker duties.

Sponsors: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by
    Representatives Gregerson, Leavitt, Morgan, Vick, Gilday, Rude, Chapman, Barkis and
    Lekanoff).

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         Consumer Protection & Business: 1/27/22, 1/31/22 [DPS].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 2/10/22, 95-0.

Voting Yea: Representatives Abbarno, Barkis, Bateman, Berg, Bergquist, Berry, Boehnke,
Bronoske, Caldier, Callan, Chambers, Chandler, Chapman, Chase, Chopp, Cody, Corry, Davis,
Dent, Dolan, Donaghy, Duerr, Dufault, Dye, Entenman, Eslick, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Frame, Gilday,
Goehner, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey, Hackney, Hansen, Harris, Harris-Talley, Hoff,
Jacobsen, Johnson, J., Kirby, Klicker, Klippert, Kloba, Kraft, Leavitt, Lekanoff, MacEwen,
Macri, Maycumber, McEntire, Morgan, Mosbrucker, Orcutt, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Paul,
Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Ramos, Riccelli, Robertson, Rude, Rule, Ryu, Santos, Schmick, Sells,
Senn, Shewmake, Simmons, Slatter, Springer, Steele, Stokesbary, Stonier, Sullivan, Sutherland,
Taylor, Thai, Tharinger, Valdez, Vick, Volz, Walsh, Wicks, Wilcox, Wylie, Ybarra, Young and
Jinkins

Voting Nay:

Absent:

Excused: Representatives Kretz, McCaslin and Walen




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Persons Testifying: Representative Mia Gregerson, prime sponsor; Mary Hull-Drury
and Annie Fitzsimmons, Washington Realtors; and Michael Spence.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.




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