Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a bill into law that sets limits on rent increases. Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Wednesday that sets limits on rent increases, making the state among the first in the nation to provide protections for tenants.

Bob Ferguson signed a suite of housing bills into Washington state law on Wednesday afternoon, including one that controls how much most landlords can raise the rent on their tenants year-over-year. The rent stabilization proposal passed through the Legislature on the last weekend of the session following some back-and-forth between the two chambers about what should be included in the final edition of the bill.