BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 2708: Growth mgmt hearings board

Eliminating the growth management hearings boards.

Summary

Eliminates the three Growth Management Hearings Boards (Boards) and repeals all statutes pertaining to the Boards' creation, authority, procedures, and duties.
Transfers the Boards' authority to review and hear matters arising under the Growth Management Act, Shoreline Management Act, and the State Environmental Policy Act to the Superior Courts.
Declares that the Superior Courts are not bound by the legal precedents established through the prior decisions of the Boards.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 2708), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to eliminating the growth management hearings boards;

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 2708 (2025–26) Data center equipment/taxes · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2708 (2019–20) School-based health centers · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2708 (2017–18) Ambulance quality fee · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2708 (2015–16) Fire district formation · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2708 (2013–14) Qualif'd alt energy resource · Enacted · Chapter 129, Laws of 2014
HB 2708 (2011–12) Property tax levy limit · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2708 (2009–10) State energy freedom act · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2708 (2007–08) Frequent flier programs · Did not pass · died in committee