House Background Summary — HB 2624, Unsolicited Real Estate Transactions (As Passed House, February 11, 2026)

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This is the House Background Summary for HB 2624, as passed House on February 11, 2026, titled an act relating to clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies. The sponsors are Representatives Donaghy, Fosse and Scott. The brief history lists committee activity in Consumer Protection & Business on 1/28/26 and 2/3/26 [DP] and the bill passing the House on 2/11/26, 57-38. Persons testifying include Representative Brandy Donaghy, prime sponsor, Robin Hammill of the Department of Natural Resources, and Michael Kirshenbaum of the Skagit Land Trust.

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                 HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                           HB 2624
                                        As Passed House:
                                        February 11, 2026

Title: An act relating to clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate
     transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies.

Brief Description: Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate
     transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies.

Sponsors: Representatives Donaghy, Fosse and Scott.

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         Consumer Protection & Business: 1/28/26, 2/3/26 [DP].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 2/11/26, 57-38.

Voting Yea: Representatives Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum, Berry, Bronoske, Callan, Cortes,
Davis, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Entenman, Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goodman,
Gregerson, Hackney, Hall, Hill, 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,
Timmons, Walen, Wylie, Zahn and Jinkins

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

Absent:

Excused: Representatives Stuebe, Tharinger and Thomas

     Persons Testifying: Representative Brandy Donaghy, prime sponsor; Robin Hammill,
     Department of Natural Resources; Bill Clarke, The Trust for Public Land; Vanessa Kritzer,




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Washington Association of Land Trusts; and Michael Kirshenbaum, Skagit Land Trust.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.




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