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The Week AheadHouse Bill 2141
Pausing new building code updates
Puts a pause on constantly changing building codes and stringent regulatory requirements from the State Building Code Council, providing certainty for new projects — like new housing, affordable housing, ADUs, and remodels or additions. SBCC regulations have added over $41,000 to the cost of a new single-family home per the Building Industry Association of Washington.
House Bill 2141
House Bill 2141 proposes updates to how building codes are managed, including amendments to several sections of state law related to the adoption and timing of building code updates. It would set a new timeline for revising building codes and limit how often those codes can be adopted or amended, as well as making procedural changes around code updates and related requirements.
Read the text of HB 2141
House Bill 1438
Speeding up housing permits
Allow an architect or engineer to approve housing permits and require a city to approve or deny (with cause) the permit within 10 days or the permit is automatically approved.
House Bill 1438
- Requires cities and counties planning under the Growth Management Act that miss a deadline for a project permit application to summarily approve the project and issue a building permit within one business day of the missed deadline if certain conditions are met.
Read the text of HB 1438
House Republicans
House Bill 1307
Lowering the cost of early childhood essentials
Exempt sales tax on diapers and other must-haves for babies and moms.
House Bill 1307
- Creates a sales and use tax exemption for sales of child and adult diapers and essential child care products, which are defined as products designed for the use by, or in care of, infants and children under age 5.
Read the text of HB 1307
House Bill 1340
Eliminating the tax on prepared food
Exempt sales tax on prepared foods, like meals you eat on the go.
House Bill 1022
Helping essential workers buy homes
Enact the Homes for Heroes program, establishing a downpayment assistance program for those who work in high-demand, essential fields, like nurses, police officers, and firefighters.
House Bill 1022
- Creates a down payment and closing cost assistance program for people who work in targeted professions and meet certain income requirements.
Read the text of HB 1022
House Bill 1363
Cutting red tape for child care providers
Reduce overburdensome and unnecessary regulations to allow child care providers to have more open slots and serve more parents and would make it easier to become a provider.
House Bill 1363
- Modifies child care licensing requirements by setting new staff-to-child ratios and group size limits for preschool and school-age children, and by removing early childhood education certification requirements for child care staff.
- Exempts certain before- and after-school programs from physical facility requirements if they operate in public or private school buildings.
Read the text of HB 1363
House Bill 1564
Empowering employers to provide child care
Provide a tax credit to business that give child care assistance to employees, such as direct contributions to costs, and in-house child care facilities.
