WA People
BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 1543: Water commission

Creating the Washington water commission.

Summary

  • Finds that there is a critical need to establish a single purpose agency to administer Washington's water resource laws and that the agency be directly accountable to the voters of the state of Washington.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 29, 2003
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Janéa Holmquist Newbry (R-13)
Introduced
January 29, 2003 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2004
Companion bill
SB 5087

AN ACT Relating to creating a water commission;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Janéa Holmquist Newbry (R-13)

8 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 7 Republicans)

Bruce Chandler R-15Bill Grant D-16Dan Kristiansen R-39Bob Sump R-7Mark Schoesler R-9Jerome Delvin R-8Daniel Newhouse R-15Cary Condotta R-12

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 1543 in other sessions

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

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