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BILL · 2001–02 SESSION · LATEST VERSION EHB 2993

HB 2993: Water policy

Modifying water provisions.

Summary

  • $ Establishes criteria for setting minimum or base flows for fish and prohibits flows set for any other purpose from being less than these flows.
  • $ Requires instream flows to be set by December 31, 2010, in 16 watersheds and in basins for which instream flows are to be set as part of planning under the state's watershed planning law.
  • $ Requires the development of strategies for establishing instream flow requirements, and strategies for achieving instream flows and for overcoming other limiting factors identified for streams, including means of measuring progress and the identification of actions to be taken if the progress is not made.
  • $ Establishes administrative requirements for achieving compliance with the water laws.
  • $ Revises provisions regarding the number of service connections that may be served by a public water system, and identifies a place of use for the system's water right, and allows certain use of a system's inchoate right but provides a disclaimer regarding legislative intent.
  • $ Establishes conservation planning requirements for water systems and allows the development of draft efficiency performance measures regarding uses of water from public water systems.

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Enacted Enacted · Chapter 329, Laws of 2002
  1. IntroducedFeb 27, 2002
  2. Out of committeeMar 12, 2002
  3. Passed HouseMar 13, 2002
  4. Passed SenateMar 13, 2002
  5. GovernorApr 3, 2002
  6. LawApr 3, 2002
Prime sponsor
Kelli Linville (D-42)
Introduced
February 27, 2002 in the House
Last action
April 3, 2002
Session law
Chapter 329, Laws of 2002

AN ACT Relating to water policy;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Kelli Linville (D-42)

1 co-sponsor (1 Democrat, 0 Republicans)

Steve Kirby D-29

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed March 13, 2002
Version voted on: EHB 2993
95 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 3 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat50000
Republican45003
How each member voted

Yea (95)

Excused (3)

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Senate · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

Passed March 13, 2002
Version voted on: EHB 2993
46 Yea 2 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat25000
Republican21201
How each member voted

Yea (46)

Nay (2)

Excused (1)

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History

  1. Governor signed. (EHB 2993)
  2. Effective date 6/13/2002*. (EHB 2993)
  3. Chapter 329, 2002 Laws. (EHB 2993)
  4. Delivered to Governor. (EHB 2993)
  5. Speaker signed. (EHB 2993)
  6. President signed. (EHB 2993)
  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. (EHB 2993)
  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (EHB 2993)
  9. Floor amendment(s) adopted. (EHB 2993)
  10. Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. (EHB 2993)
  11. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (EHB 2993)
  12. Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. (EHB 2993)
  13. Placed on second reading. (EHB 2993)
  14. Committee relieved of further consideration. (EHB 2993)
  15. First reading, referred to Agriculture & Ecology. (EHB 2993)

HB 2993 in other sessions

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