ESHB 1245: Increasing housing options through lot splitting.
Did not pass. The 2023-24 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Barkis
- Introduced
- January 12, 2023
- Status
- H Rules 3C
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (March 7, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires cities to allow the splitting of a single residential lot if specific conditions are met. Prohibits cities from imposing certain regulations on a residential lot that is the result of a lot split.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 202394 yea · 2 nay · 2 not voting
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 8, 202494 yea · 4 nay
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