HB 2248: Water availability/Hirst

Addressing water availability issues by addressing the Washington supreme court decision in Whatcom County v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board, also known as the Hirst decision, solely by providing immediate and temporary relief to landowners affected by the Hirst decision by ensuring that a water well report for a groundwater withdrawal exempt from permitting and not prohibited by an applicable water resources management rule adopted by the department of ecology may serve until July 1, 2019, as evidence of an adequate water supply for a building necessitating potable water, and allowing cities and counties to rely until July 1, 2019, on water resource management rules adopted by the department of ecology in providing for the protection of surface water and groundwater r

1. IntroducedJul 20, 2017
2. Out of committeeJul 20, 2017
3. Passed Housestopped here
4. Passed Senate
5. Governor
6. Law

Prime sponsor

Larry Springer (D-45)

Introduced

July 20, 2017 in the House

Last action

January 8, 2018

AN ACT Relating to addressing water availability issues by addressing the Washington supreme court decision in Whatcom County v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board, also known as the Hirst decision, solely by providing immediate and temporary relief to landowners affected by the Hirst decision by ensuring that a water well report for a groundwater withdrawal exempt from permitting and not prohibited by an applicable water resources management rule adopted by the department of ecology may serve until July 1, 2019, as evidence of an adequate water supply for a building necessitating potable water, and allowing cities and counties to rely until July 1, 2019, on water resource management rules adopted by the department of ecology in providing for the protection of surface water and groundwater resources except in certain water resource inventory areas, and by creating a task force that may consider, in addition to water availability issues relating to the Hirst decision, water availability issues relating to the Washington supreme court decision in Foster v. Washington State Department of Ecology;