WA People
BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 2235: Water quality data/salmon

Improving publicly available data on Washington state's water quality to improve salmon recovery and the prioritization of salmon recovery projects.

Summary

  • Requires the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to submit an annual inventory of polluted waters of Washington to the committees of the Legislature with jurisdiction over fisheries and water quality.
  • Specifies elements that must be included in the inventory of polluted waters, including a statement concerning Ecology's on-time compliance with the biennial reporting obligations of the Clean Water Act.
  • Requires Ecology to establish a baseline of water quality prior to proposing a water body for designation as an outstanding resource water.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 2235), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 9, 2024
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mary Dye (R-9)
Introduced
January 9, 2024 in the House
Last action
January 9, 2024
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to improving publicly available data on Washington state's water quality to improve salmon recovery and the prioritization of salmon recovery projects;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mary Dye (R-9)

1 co-sponsor (0 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Travis Couture R-35

Votes

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

History

  1. First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.

HB 2235 in other sessions

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

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