The bill passed out of the Senate has changed significantly due to the adoption of amendments. HB 1217 now includes the following provisions:

1. Rent increases capped at 10% plus CPI (inflation)
2. No rent increase in the first 12 months
3. 90-day notice of rent increase
4. Notice of rent increase must include required language
5. Emergency clause, becomes law immediately after signed by Governor
6. Landlord can still increase rent by any amount after a tenant vacates the dwelling unit and the tenancy ends.
7. Process served in compliance with RCW 59.12.040
8. Exemptions
   • Public Housing Authority​
   • Public Development Authority
   • Nonprofit where rents are regulated by local, state or federal affordable housing programs or laws
   • Qualified low-income housing development
   • All single-family homes if the owner is NOT a REIT, corporation or LLC in which one member is a corporation
   • Owner-occupied homes to include duplex, triplex, and quadplex
   • Landlord must provide tenant with statutory written notice of exemption
9. Expires 7/1/2040
10. Landlord have a right to cure violations before being taken to court
11. Residents have a right to terminate with 20-days notice prior to effective date without penalty
12. Parity between month-to-month and fixed-term leases
    • Parity means not more than 5%
13. Damages
    • Any excess rent, fees or cost paid by tenant
    • Up to three months’ rent
    • Attorney fees and cost
    • AG civil penalties not more than $7,500 per violation
      • AG my issue written civil investigation
      • Demand documents, written interrogatories or oral testimony
14. Landlord may not report to screening company any unpaid rent unlawfully increased 
15. Tenant may opt-in to electronic notice of rent increase