BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
SB 5305: Salmon recovery accelerator
Concerning the new environmental accelerator for salmon recovery and ecological resiliency projects.
Summary
- Creates the Environmental Accelerator (Accelerator) within the Office of Regulatory Innovation and Assistance (ORIA) to provide regulatory relief for certain salmon recovery and ecological resiliency projects.
- Requires ORIA to annually report to the Legislature on the activities of the Accelerator with recommendations for amending state law or rules to provide permanent regulatory relief.
- Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee to evaluate the implementation of the Accelerator and report to the Legislature by December 1, 2029.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Ron Muzzall (R-10)
- Introduced
- January 16, 2025 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 2026
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to the new environmental accelerator for salmon recovery and ecological resiliency projects;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Ron Muzzall (R-10)
4 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.
SB 5305 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5305 (2019–20) Electric util wildland fires
- SB 5305 (2017–18) Disabled veterans/rec. lands
- SB 5305 (2015–16) Health coverage/WA residents
- SB 5305 (2013–14) Hospitals/bullet wounds etc.
- SB 5305 (2011–12) Indian tribes/property tax
- SB 5305 (2009–10) Obsolete retirement statutes