WA People
BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

HB 1589: Natural resource management

Concerning natural resource management activities.

Summary

  • Provides the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) with specific authority to manage lands acquired by the WDFW using the best available land management techniques.
  • Includes a non-exclusive list of land management techniques available to the WDFW which are, except for grazing leases on lands that have not been grazed for ten years, similar to categorical exemptions to the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA).
  • Exempts the enumerated list of land management techniques from the SEPA when undertaken by the WDFW.

From the House Bill Analysis 2015 (HB 1589), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 23, 2015
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
David Taylor (R-15)
Introduced
January 23, 2015 in the House
Last action
March 10, 2016

AN ACT Relating to natural resource management activities;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: David Taylor (R-15)

7 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 7 Republicans)

Matt Shea R-4Paul Harris R-17Shelly Short R-7Graham Hunt R-2Elizabeth Scott R-39Liz Pike R-18Cary Condotta R-12

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. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1589 in other sessions

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

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