WA People
BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 2979: Underground facilities

Adopting new requirements for locating underground facilities, including positive response, minimum marking standards, adopting a new process for coordinating large projects, and requiring new and replacement facilities to be locatable.

Summary

  • Revises underground facilities provisions regarding the requirements of facility operators and excavators and the one-number locator service.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2979), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2018
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Sherry Appleton (D-23)
Introduced
February 1, 2018 in the House
Last action
February 1, 2018

AN ACT Relating to adopting new requirements for locating underground facilities, including positive response, minimum marking standards, adopting a new process for coordinating large projects, and requiring new and replacement facilities to be locatable;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Sherry Appleton (D-23)

Votes

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

History

  1. First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2979 in other sessions

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

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