WA People
BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1798: Fire protection districts

Providing equitable adjustment of indebtedness for fire district mergers and annexations.

Summary

  • $ Creates a process for equitable adjustment of bonded indebtedness for fire protection districts that are either annexed or incorporated into a city or town, or merged with another district.

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Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedFeb 5, 2001
  2. Out of committeeFeb 27, 2001
  3. Passed HouseMar 9, 2001
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Ruth Kagi (D-32)
Introduced
February 5, 2001 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2002

AN ACT Relating to equitable adjustment of bonded indebtedness for fire protection district mergers and annexations;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Ruth Kagi (D-32)

6 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

John Pennington R-18Jeff Morris D-40Carolyn Edmonds D-32Joyce Mulliken R-13Jeff Gombosky D-3John Lovick D-44

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed March 9, 2001
Version voted on: HB 1798
94 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 4 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat47002
Republican47002
How each member voted

Yea (94)

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History

  1. Referred to Local Government & Housing.
  2. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
  6. First reading, referred to State & Local Government.
  7. Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.
  9. Placed on third reading.
  10. Committee recommendations adopted.
  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  12. LGH - Majority; do pass.
  13. LGH - Executive action taken by committee.
  14. First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing.

HB 1798 in other sessions

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