WA People
BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 1600: Small forest landowners

Helping to ensure the viability of small forest landowners.

Summary

  • Provides small forest landowners with incentives to keep their land in long-term forestry. Provides regulatory certainty and removes disincentives in order to encourage ownership tenure for generations to come.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2013
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Ed Orcutt (R-20)
Introduced
February 1, 2013 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2014
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to helping to ensure the viability of small forest landowners;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Ed Orcutt (R-20)

2 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)

Brian Blake D-19Bruce Chandler R-15

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 Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 1600 in other sessions

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

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