WA People
BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1213: Growth mgmt/sup court review

Granting local governments the authority to make challenges related to growth management planning subject to direct review in superior court.

Summary

  • Authorizes counties with populations of less than 600,000 to adopt an ordinance that provides exclusive superior court jurisdiction for petitions filed under the Growth Management Act (GMA) to which the county is a party.
  • Authorizes cities, in counties that have adopted direct review ordinances, to adopt an ordinance that provides exclusive superior court jurisdiction for petitions filed under the GMA to which the city is a party.
  • Provides that a direct review ordinance may be effective for a term of five or fewer years, with the option to extend the ordinance for one additional period of five or fewer years.

From the House Bill Analysis 2019 (HB 1213), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Matt Shea (R-4)
Introduced
January 16, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2020
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to granting local governments the authority to make challenges related to growth management planning subject to direct review in superior court;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Matt Shea (R-4)

2 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Bob McCaslin R-4Representative R-26

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.

HB 1213 in other sessions

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

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