

The 2026 legislative session officially adjourned on March 12, wrapping a fast-paced, 60-day sprint that brought major debates on taxes, housing, insurance and long-term budget pressures. It was a meaningful year for our advocacy, and a year of real wins.

Session is officially over- finally! After an intense 60-day sprint, lawmakers wrapped up the second half of the biennium still wrestling with housing shortages, affordability challenges and major tax proposals that shaped much of the debate. The “Millionaires Tax” drove a marathon 24½-hour House floor debate and framed the final budget negotiations, all while the Legislature worked through a projected $10B shortfall and an $80B supplemental operating budget.

Things are moving quickly in Olympia. Monday marked the Opposite House of Origin Fiscal Cutoff, and today is the Opposite House of Origin Policy Cutoff, meaning bills must advance out of policy committees in the opposite chamber to remain alive this session.

This Wednesday marked the Opposite House of Origin Policy Cutoff, meaning bills that did not advance out of policy committee in the opposite chamber are now considered dead for the year unless they are deemed NTIB. Several development-related bills successfully moved forward, including SB 6026 (commercial to residential mixed-use zones), SB 6156 (small elevator reforms), SB 5729 (streamlining affordable housing permitting), HB 2664 (certified mail notice fixes), and HB 2418 (permitting review process).







SEATTLE – Presented on Friday night at the NAIOPWA 2023 Night of the Stars Gala, the awards honored an impressive slate of commercial real estate projects that serve the community with innovations in retail, office, industrial and multi-family development.
NAIOP Washington State is proud to announce the recipients of its 2023 Legislator of the Year Awards: Senator Mark Mullet and Representative Strom Peterson.