House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SHB 1621: Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners.
Signed into law: Chapter 268, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Macri
- Introduced
- January 27, 2025
- Status
- C 268 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 5/13/2025. (May 13, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Authorizes superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners for unlawful detainer actions. Specifies the limited powers of housing court commissioners.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 202597 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 21, 202597 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 26, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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