BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 2463: Hood Canal marine sanctuary

Creating the Hood Canal marine sanctuary.

Summary

$ Establishes a Hood Canal marine sanctuary to protect, preserve, and fully recover salmon, steelhead, herring, smelt, ling cod, perch, and black cod, and all other species of aquatic animal and plant life indigenous to Hood Canal excluding shellfish.
$ Allows for the harvest of salmonids and shellfish.
$ Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), in cooperation with the tribal co-managers, to develop a definition of "full recovery" for summer chum, chinook, and coho salmon, and for steelhead by July 1, 2004. By July 1, 2006, a definition must be developed for "full recovery" of all nonsalmonid species.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to limitations on fishing for salmon and other depressed fish stocks in Hood Canal;

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

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2463 (2025–26) Farmers/food programs · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2463 (2023–24) Salmon planning review · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2463 (2019–20) Dev. disability designation · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2463 (2017–18) Workforce training & ed plan · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2463 (2015–16) Court consultation of JIS · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2463 (2013–14) Parking, person w/disability · Enacted · Chapter 124, Laws of 2014
HB 2463 (2011–12) Guardian requiremnts/estates · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2463 (2009–10) Certif of deposit investment · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor