Incentivizing the substantial reduction or elimination of impact fees.

 S-1334.1

SENATE BILL 5748

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators J. Wilson, Harris, McCune, Goehner, Holy, Warnick, and Wagoner

Read first time 02/13/25. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to incentivizing the substantial reduction or elimination of impact fees; adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that impact fees assessed by counties and cities can sometimes act as a barrier to the creation of new housing. The legislature also recognizes that these impact fees fund critical infrastructure needed to support new housing and that cities and counties have few avenues available to raise funds for this infrastructure. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to provide alternate funding options to localities to offset some or all of the cost of this critical infrastructure, with the consent of the people in these localities.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 82.14 RCW to read as follows: