BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5116: Natural area preserve access
Requiring that natural area preserves be accessible for public hunting, fishing, and trapping.
Summary
- Natural area preserves must be accessible to the public for hunting, fishing and trapping. The activities of hunting, fishing and trapping are regulated by the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission and managed for those purposes by the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5116), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 15, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Sid Snyder (D-19)
- Introduced
- January 15, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Companion bill
- HB 1056
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Sid Snyder (D-19)
3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
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.
SB 5116 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5116 (2025–26) Marriage/medical emergency
- SB 5116 (2023–24) Bail fund oversight
- SB 5116 (2021–22) Procurement/automated system
- SB 5116 (2019–20) Clean energy
- SB 5116 (2017–18) 1st class cities' retirement
- SB 5116 (2015–16) Bistate megaproject/OFM role
- SB 5116 (2013–14) Real property transfers
- SB 5116 (2011–12) Public health districts