BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 2619: Science/growth management

Applying the best available science under the growth management act.

Summary

Requires that counties and cities "consider" the best available science in developing policies and regulations to protect the functions and values of a critical area.
Creates guidelines for use by local governments in determining the scientific basis that must be considered in the development of ordinances for the protection of critical areas.
Finds that the requirement that best available science be considered in the development of a critical area ordinance is a procedural rather than a substantive requirement.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the application of best available science under the growth management act;

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 2619 (2025–26) Agriculture regulations · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2619 (2019–20) Early learning access · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 343, Laws of 2020
HB 2619 (2017–18) Lurid criminal contact · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2619 (2015–16) Postsecondary education · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2619 (2013–14) State need pay it forward · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2619 (2011–12) Instrument of sale/retail tx · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2619 (2009–10) Electronic signaling devices · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2619 (2007–08) District commissioners · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate