WA People
BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

HB 1792: Wolf conserv. & mgmt plan

Requiring the department of fish and wildlife to amend the existing wolf conservation and management plan.

Summary

  • Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to amend the existing wolf management plan to better address the wolf recovery rate and uneven distribution that has occurred since the plan's initial adoption, including changing the final recovery objective from having wolves in all three recovery zones to having wolves in two out of three recovery zones and changing the metric for determining recovery from the number of breeding pairs of wolves in the state to the number of wolf packs.

From the House Bill Analysis 2015 (HB 1792), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 28, 2015
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Joel Kretz (R-7)
Introduced
January 28, 2015 in the House
Last action
March 10, 2016
Companion bill
SB 5962
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to requiring the department of fish and wildlife to amend the existing wolf conservation and management plan;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Joel Kretz (R-7)

3 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 2 Republicans)

Brian Blake D-19Shelly Short R-7Cary 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 Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1792 in other sessions

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