BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1637: Airborne nuisances

Addressing airborne nuisances experienced by transitory populations.

Summary

Revises the definition of air pollution in the Clean Air Act to include any odor or air emission that unreasonably interferes with a person's use or enjoyment of a public space.
Allows a clean air act enforcement authority to investigate and initiate enforcement action on a nuisance complaint.
Authorizes municipal governments and certain regulatory agencies to file an action to abate a nuisance when repeated findings have been entered.

From the House Bill Analysis 2019 (HB 1637), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to addressing airborne nuisances experienced by transitory populations;

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 1637 (2025–26) School safety · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1637 (2023–24) Unclaimed property fees · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1637 (2021–22) Mental illness/sentencing · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1637 (2017–18) Medicaid reimbursement/PCPs · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1637 (2015–16) Tribes/prescrip. monitoring · Enacted · Chapter 49, Laws of 2015
HB 1637 (2013–14) Prescription review/medicaid · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1637 (2011–12) On-site sewage systems · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1637 (2009–10) Forest riparian easemnt prog · Did not pass · died in committee