BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 6343: Salmon or trout egg wastage
Forbidding the waste or destruction of any salmon or trout life-form.
Summary
- The department must not kill, waste, discard, bury or otherwise harm salmon or trout eggs, fry, alevins, fingerlings, smolts, catchables, jacks, adults or any other life stage of a trout or salmon. An exception is provided for salmon with a serious communicable fish disease that has been diagnosed in the population and recognized by the State Tribal Fish Health Committee.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6343), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 15, 1998
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Sid Snyder (D-19)
- Introduced
- January 15, 1998 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 15, 1998
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Sid Snyder (D-19)
3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)
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 6343 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 6343 (2017–18) Energy workers task force
- SB 6343 (2015–16) Dairy farm nutrient uses
- SB 6343 (2013–14) Gen. engineered fin fish
- SB 6343 (2011–12) Water pollution control fee
- SB 6343 (2009–10) WA food policy forum
- SB 6343 (2007–08) Sm scale mineral prospecting