House Background Summary — 2SHB 1516, Insurance Coverage Study for Affordable Homeownership

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A House Background Summary of 2SHB 1516 as passed House on March 11, 2025. The title describes an act relating to conducting a study of insurance coverage options for permanently affordable homeownership units. The sponsor line names the House Committee on Appropriations, originally sponsored by Representatives Hill, Taylor, Reed and others. The brief history lists Consumer Protection & Business action on 2/7/25 and 2/19/25, Appropriations action on 2/25/25 and 2/28/25, and a 3/11/25 floor vote of 58-38. Representative Natasha Hill, prime sponsor, is among the persons testifying.

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                 HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                          2SHB 1516
                                      As Passed House:
                                       March 11, 2025

Title: An act relating to conducting a study of insurance coverage options for permanently
     affordable homeownership units.

Brief Description: Conducting a study of insurance coverage options for permanently
     affordable homeownership units.

Sponsors: House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hill,
    Taylor, Reed, Simmons, Morgan, Ormsby, Farivar, Parshley, Gregerson, Macri, Ramel,
    Pollet and Salahuddin).

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         Consumer Protection & Business: 2/7/25, 2/19/25 [DPS];
         Appropriations: 2/25/25, 2/28/25 [DP2S(w/o sub CPB)].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 3/11/25, 58-38.

Voting Yea: Representatives Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum, Berry, Bronoske, Callan, Cortes,
Davis, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Entenman, Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goodman,
Gregerson, Hill, Hunt, Kloba, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Macri, Mena, Morgan, Nance, Obras, Ormsby,
Ortiz-Self, Parshley, Paul, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Reed, Reeves, Richards, Rule, Ryu,
Salahuddin, Santos, Scott, Shavers, Simmons, Springer, Stearns, Stonier, Street, Taylor, Thai,
Tharinger, Thomas, Timmons, Walen, Wylie, Zahn and Jinkins

Voting Nay: Representatives Abbarno, Abell, Barkis, Barnard, Burnett, Caldier, Chase,
Connors, Corry, Couture, Dent, Dufault, Dye, Engell, Eslick, Griffey, Jacobsen, Keaton, Klicker,
Ley, Low, Manjarrez, Marshall, McClintock, McEntire, Mendoza, Orcutt, Penner, Rude,
Schmick, Schmidt, Steele, Stokesbary, Stuebe, Volz, Walsh, Waters and Ybarra

Absent:

Excused: Representatives Graham and Hackney




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Persons Testifying (Consumer Protection & Business): Representative Natasha Hill,
prime sponsor; Rory Paine-Donovan, Office of the Insurance Commissioner; Ethan
Robinson, Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King and Kittitas Counties; Brady Nordstrom,
Housing Development Consortium; Bill Clarke, Washington REALTORS; Victoria
OBanion, Northwest Cooperative Development Center; and William Cornell, Preg
O'Donnell and Gillett.

Persons Testifying (Appropriations): Bill Clarke, Washington Realtors; and Brady
Nordstrom, Housing Development Consortium.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying (Consumer Protection & Business):
None.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying (Appropriations): None.




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