BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 2691: Growth management act

Suspending the growth management act in counties with significant and persistent unemployment.

Summary

Suspends the requirements of chapter 36.70A RCW (growth management act) for counties and cities if the average rate of total unemployment in the county, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the employment security department, exceeds seven percent for three consecutive months.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2691), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to suspending the growth management act in counties with significant and persistent unemployment;

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 2691 (2025–26) Schools/cash flow schedule · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2691 (2019–20) Language access providers · Enacted · Chapter 289, Laws of 2020
HB 2691 (2017–18) Port districts/unit price · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2691 (2015–16) CWU fifth year promise · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2691 (2013–14) Legal service contractors · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2691 (2011–12) Unemployment comp/maritime · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2691 (2007–08) Patient referral · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2691 (2005–06) Retirement for justices · Enacted · Chapter 189, Laws of 2006