WA People
BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 1222: Urban growth areas

Authorizing limited expansions of urban growth areas into one hundred year floodplains in areas adjacent to a freeway interchange or interstate in counties wholly or partially bordering salt waters with more than one hundred thousand but fewer than one hundred fifty thousand residents.

Summary

  • Creates an exception to provisions prohibiting the expansion of urban growth areas into the 100-year floodplain of any qualifying western Washington river or river segment.
  • Specifies that the exception may only be authorized by a county meeting specific geographic and population requirements, and that exception must be limited to areas of seven or fewer acres that are adjacent to an urban growth area and entirely surrounded by a freeway interchange right-of-way.

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Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2011
  2. Out of committeeJan 27, 2011
  3. Passed HouseMar 1, 2011
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeff Morris (D-40)
Introduced
January 17, 2011 in the House
Last action
April 11, 2012

AN ACT Relating to limited expansions of urban growth areas into one hundred year floodplains in areas adjacent to a freeway interchange or interstate in counties wholly or partially bordering salt waters with more than one hundred thousand but fewer than one hundred fifty thousand residents;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeff Morris (D-40)

1 co-sponsor (1 Democrat, 0 Republicans)

Kristine Lytton D-40

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed March 1, 2011
Version voted on: HB 1222
68 Yea 29 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat53300
Republican152601
How each member voted

Yea (68)

Excused (1)

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History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Local Government.
  4. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  7. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  8. By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
  9. First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.
  10. Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  11. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  12. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  13. Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
  14. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  15. Minority; do not pass.
  16. LG - Majority; do pass.
  17. LG - Executive action taken by committee.
  18. First reading, referred to Local Government.

HB 1222 in other sessions

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