2SHB 1696: Modifying the covenant homeownership program.
Signed into law: Chapter 143, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Taylor
- Introduced
- January 29, 2025
- Status
- C 143 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 22, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Modifies the Covenant Homeownership Program by raising the area median income threshold for eligibility to 140 percent, authorizing full loan forgiveness once a loan has been in repayment for at least five years, and modifying one of the membership positions on the oversight committee.
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Floor votes
- House: 192 Griffey Pg 3 Ln 4 · March 6, 202545 yea · 51 nay · 2 not voting
- House: 173 Couture Pg 7 Ln 18 · March 6, 202542 yea · 54 nay · 2 not voting
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202557 yea · 39 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 14, 202530 yea · 19 nay
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