JOINT MEMORIAL · 2019–20 SESSION

SJM 8014: Upper Skagit watershed

Concerning logging and mining in the upper Skagit watershed.

Summary

Requests that British Columbia work with the City of Seattle, Tribes, First Nations, and the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission to prevent mining in the "donut hole" of the Upper Skagit watershed, in order to ensure the area's environmental and recreational resources are permanently protected.

From the House Bill Report (SJM 8014), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

Passed January 15, 2020

Version voted on: SJM 8014

29 Yea 19 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	27	1	0	1
Republican	2	18	0	0

How each member voted

Mar 12, 2020Returned to Senate Rules 3.
Mar 6, 2020Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
Mar 2, 2020Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Feb 28, 2020Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 28, 2020Minority; do not pass.
Feb 28, 2020RDAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
Jan 16, 2020First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources.
Jan 15, 2020Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.
Jan 15, 2020Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Jan 13, 2020Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 13, 2020By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 24, 2019Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Apr 23, 2019Minority; do not pass.
Apr 23, 2019AWNP - Majority; do pass.
Apr 22, 2019First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks.

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

SJM 8014 (2025–26) Aysenur Ezgi Eygi death · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SJM 8014 (2017–18) SR 27 naming/Sam Strahan · Did not pass · died in committee
SJM 8014 (2015–16) WP Stewart mem highway/SR-99 · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SJM 8014 (2013–14) Nuclear waste repository · Did not pass · died in committee
SJM 8014 (2011–12) Federal military spending · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SJM 8014 (2009–10) Interchange fee hearings · Did not pass · died in committee
SJM 8014 (2007–08) Adverse wildlife impacts · Did not pass · died in committee
SJM 8014 (2005–06) Social security · Passed Legislature · filed with Secretary of State