WA People
BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 1618: Wood smoke pollution

Reducing neighborhood wood smoke pollution.

Summary

  • Prohibits the burning of wood in any solid fuel burning device if an impaired air quality event is determined.
  • Directs the Department of Ecology to set the ambient level of particulates two and one-half microns or smaller in diameter that will signify an impaired air quality event after March 31, 2004.
  • Changes the fee on the sale of a solid fuel burning device to $40.
  • Authorizes the revenue generated by the solid fuel burning device fee to be used for a wood stove buy-back program.
  • Changes the statewide opacity level, for the purposes of education, to 20 percent.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1618), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 3, 2003
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Ruth Kagi (D-32)
Introduced
February 3, 2003 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2004
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to reducing neighborhood wood smoke pollution;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Ruth Kagi (D-32)

3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Mike Cooper D-21Al O'Brien D-1Phil Rockefeller D-23

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 Fisheries, Ecology & Parks.

HB 1618 in other sessions

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

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