Homeless Persons: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026

Legislative staff filed 17 bills from the 2025-26 session under Homeless Persons. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.

HB 1255 · Camps, restrictions and removal grants
HB 1263 · Essential needs and housing support program, including certain low-income elderly and disabled adults
HB 1380 · Public property, "objectively reasonable" standard for use of
HB 1429 · Foster care, establishing the extended foster care housing program
HB 1579 · School transportation, requiring OSPI analysis and funding
HB 1694 · Real estate sales, local, allowing use for affordable housing and certain facilities for homeless persons
HB 1708 · Homeless dashboard, contracting provision of for local governments
HB 1800 · Homeless housing and assistance grant programs, accountability requirements for grantees
HB 1899 · Homeless census, conforming to HUD annual notice informing housing inventory count and point-in-time count
HB 2489 · Local governments may not prohibit life-sustaining activities on public property without alternative shelter
HB 2647 · Homeless housing and assistance grant programs, accountability requirements for grantees
SB 5028 · Unlawful camping, maintaining statewide policy on camping on public property in response to Grants Pass v. Johnson
SB 5082 · Foster care, establishing the extended foster care housing program
SB 5187 · School transportation, requiring OSPI analysis and funding
SB 5232 · Essential needs and housing support program, including certain low-income elderly and disabled adults
SB 5935 · Homeless youth program provisions updated to specify unaccompanied homeless youth
SB 6184 · Homeless youth program provisions updated to specify unaccompanied homeless youth

All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills

Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.