BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION E2SHB 2418
HB 2418: Permit review
Concerning permit review processes.
Summary
Specifies that a determination of completeness made by a county or city on a project permit application must be based on whether the permit is procedurally complete and that such a determination is not a substantive review of the application.
Requires government entities, other than counties and cities, that charge an applicant a permit review fee for review of a project permit application related to a residential project to complete their review of the application within certain deadlines, and provides that, if the deadline is missed, the government entity must refund 20 percent of the permit review fee.
Allows an applicant to waive certain permitting deadlines and refund provisions applicable to project permit applications at any time prior to the denial of the permit or the exhaustion of the time period for review.
Requires local governments to designate a permit-responsible official with authority to issue final administrative decisions on residential project permit applications, and to designate a single point-of-contact on each project permit application.
From the Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill Report (E2SHB 2418), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗