SB 5942: School siting/GMA
Addressing the siting of schools and school facilities outside the urban growth area that serve urban resident students.
Summary
- States that chapter 36.70A RCW (the growth management act) does not prohibit: (1) A county from authorizing the siting of a school serving students residing within urban growth areas outside of urban growth areas in rural areas; and (2) Local jurisdictions from extending utilities to serve the rural school, if certain requirements are met.
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- IntroducedMay 26, 2017
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Steve Conway (D-29)
- Introduced
- May 26, 2017 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 8, 2018
- Requested by
- Governor
- Companion bill
- HB 2216
AN ACT Relating to limiting the size and scale of utilities to support schools sited in rural areas serving urban resident students while maintaining the rural character and housing density on land surrounding schools sited in rural areas and requiring analyses by school districts demonstrating the absence of suitable land within the urban growth area for school siting;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Steve Conway (D-29)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 5942 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5942 (2025–26) DCYF accountability board
- SB 5942 (2023–24) Lead testing/Medicaid
- SB 5942 (2021–22) Uniform college athlete act
- SB 5942 (2019–20) Budgeting/servs for children
- SB 5942 (2015–16) Nat. guard youth challenge
- SB 5942 (2013–14) Higher ed appropriations
- SB 5942 (2011–12) Liquor warehousing
- SB 5942 (2009–10) Taxation of newspapers