BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 2503: Fish passage barrier removal

Addressing the removal of fish passage barriers.

Summary

Adds tribal governments to the entities that the state Fish Passage Barrier Removal Board (Board) must coordinate with, to the extent the tribal governments are willing to participate and choose to share certain information.
Requires the Board to prepare a prioritized list of fish passage barrier removal projects every even-numbered year until 2031, and allows the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to only undertake fish passage barrier removal projects on the list, necessary for completion of another WSDOT project, or as directed in statute or an appropriations act.
Creates the Fish Passage Barrier Removal Account, which is allowed to keep its interest, and limits expenditures from the account to fish passage barrier removal projects on the WSDOT's land or on the Board's list.

From the House Bill Analysis 2020 (HB 2503), 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 removal of fish passage barriers;

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 2503 (2025–26) AI training data · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2503 (2023–24) Child care · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2503 (2017–18) Accessory dwelling units · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2503 (2015–16) Fire sprinkler systems · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2503 (2013–14) Vessel operation/intoxicated · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2503 (2011–12) Veterans & national guard · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2503 (2009–10) Natural resources board · Enacted · Chapter 189, Laws of 2010
HB 2503 (2007–08) Offender's risk level · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor