Washington House Bill 2239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: N/A - 0% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-08 - Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.
Pending: House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addressing water availability issues created by the Washington supreme court decision in Whatcom County v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board, also known as the Hirst decision, solely by providing immediate and temporary relief to landowners affected by the Hirst decision by ensuring that a water well report for a groundwater withdrawal exempt from permitting and not prohibited by an applicable water resources management rule adopted by the department of ecology may serve until December 31, 2018, as evidence of an adequate water supply for a building necessitating potable water, allowing cities and counties to rely until December 31, 2018, on water resource management rules adopted by the department of ecology in providing for the protection of surface water and groundwate

Addressing water availability issues created by the Washington supreme court decision in Whatcom County v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board, also known as the Hirst decision, solely by providing immediate and temporary relief to landowners affected by the Hirst decision by ensuring that a water well report for a groundwater withdrawal exempt from permitting and not prohibited by an applicable water resources management rule adopted by the department of ecology may serve until December 31, 2018, as evidence of an adequate water supply for a building necessitating potable water, allowing cities and counties to rely until December 31, 2018, on water resource management rules adopted by the department of ecology in providing for the protection of surface water and groundwate

Sen. Derek Stanford [D]	Rep. Lawrence Springer [D]	Rep. Brian Blake [D]	Rep. Steve Tharinger [D]
Rep. Laurie Dolan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-08	House	Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.
2018-01-08	House	Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
2018-01-08	House	By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2017-07-20	House	Referred to Rules 2 Review.
2017-06-28	House	Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar.

Type	Source
Summary	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2239&year=2017
Text	http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2017-18/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2239.pdf