Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements.



ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5313

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Pedersen, Goehner, Cleveland, Hasegawa, Nobles, and Valdez

Read first time 01/16/25. Referred to Committee on Housing.

AN ACT Relating to adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements; and amending RCW 59.18.230 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 59.18.230 and 2022 c 95 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1)(a) (( Any )) Except as provided in RCW 59.18.360 , any provision of a lease or other agreement, whether oral or written, whereby any section or subsection of this chapter is waived (( except as provided in RCW 59.18.360 and )) shall be deemed against public policy and shall be unenforceable. Such unenforceability shall not affect other provisions of the agreement which can be given effect without them.