WA People
BILL · 1995–96 SESSION

HB 2170: Navigable waters/beds&banks

Asserting state ownership of and jurisdiction over areas associated with beds and banks of navigable waters.

Summary

  • Directs the governor, attorney general, and other constitutional officers to assert and defend the state's ownership of and jurisdiction over the beds and banks of navigable waters, all soils under the beds and banks, and all tidewaters within the borders of the state.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2170), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 8, 1996
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jim Buck (R-24)
Introduced
January 8, 1996 in the House
Last action
January 8, 1996

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jim Buck (R-24)

11 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 11 Republicans)

Eugene Goldsmith R-42Don Benton R-17Jerry Blanton R-21Bill Thompson R-44Cheryl Hymes R-40John Koster R-39John Pennington R-18Tom Campbell R-2Val Stevens R-39Steven Hargrove R-23Lois McMahan R-26

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

HB 2170 in other sessions

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