BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 2231: GMA/rail dependent uses

Concerning rail dependent uses for purposes of the growth management act and related development regulations.

Summary

Directs counties and cities to improve their planning under the growth management act to provide needed infrastructure for freight rail dependent uses adjacent to railroad lines. Authorizes counties and cites to adopt development regulations to assure that agriculture, forest, and mineral resource lands adjacent to short line railroads may be developed for freight rail dependent uses.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2231), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to rail dependent uses for purposes of the growth management act and related development regulations;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 8, 2018By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jun 26, 2017First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

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

HB 2231 (2025–26) Felonies/postsecondary inst. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2231 (2023–24) Law enforcement funding · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2231 (2019–20) Bail jumping · Enacted · Chapter 19, Laws of 2020
HB 2231 (2015–16) Fair mrket/ed, pub serv T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2231 (2013–14) Legal financial obligations · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2231 (2011–12) State assessment requiremnts · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2231 (2009–10) Reimbursing taxing districts · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2231 (2007–08) Consumers' fin awareness · Did not pass · died in committee