BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1233: GMA/use of science

Concerning the use of science pursuant to the growth management act.

Summary

Directs cities and counties to consider available science in developing policies and regulations to protect designated environmentally critical areas under the Growth Management Act, and eliminates the requirement that cities and counties include best available science in developing such policies and regulations.

From the House Bill Analysis 2019 (HB 1233), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the use of science pursuant to the growth management act;

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

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

HB 1233 (2025–26) Work programs/incarceration · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1233 (2023–24) Housing of inmates · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1233 (2021–22) Intensive rural development · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1233 (2017–18) Distributed energy · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1233 (2015–16) Groundwater for domestic use · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1233 (2013–14) Trans system goals: health · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1233 (2011–12) Hydraulics project approval · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1233 (2009–10) TANF · Did not pass · died in committee