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2019 legislative review
Rep. Mike Steele, R-Chelan, is assistant ranking minority member of the Capital Budget Committee.
extended the timeline to file a petition from
21 days to 30 days of the time a decision
is issued and creates criteria on when a
land use decision is considered issued.
SHB 1781 undermined the predictability
and certainty that LUPA was intended to
create and would return the state to the
pre-LUPA lengthy and confusing appeal
structure. SHB 1781 never came up for a
vote and died in the House.
E2SHB 1923
protections from liability for officers and
board members of condominiums. Overall,
the bill attempts to address the reasons why
builders are not building condominiums by
clarifying warranties, ensuring consumer
protections, and bringing balance back to
the condominium market in Washington.
ESB 5334 passed unanimously in both the
Senate and the House.
2SHB 1579
hydraulic project approval
(hpa)
Passed/AWB Neutral
S e cond Su b s t it ut e Ho u s e Bi l l 1 579,
sponsored by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, D-Burien,
implements some of the Southern Resident
Killer Whale Task Force recommendations
regarding game fish and Hydraulic Project
Approva l (H PA) per m it s. 2SH B 1579
requires Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife (WDFW) to loosen restrictions
on catch limits for bass, channel catfish,
and walleye in anadromous waters. The
bill also makes substantial changes to HPA
regulations by creating a pre-application
process, granting WDFW civil enforcement
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and stop work order authority. Lawmakers
also increased the civil penalties from
$100 per violation per day to $10,000
per v iolat ion if t he L eg islat u re a lso
included a provision to implement three
demonstration projects testing strategies to
protect agricultural lands, enhancing fish
runs and protecting public infrastructure
and recreational access. The bill also
repealed the requirement for WDFW to
issue an HPA for single-family bulkhead
projects. 2SHB 1579 passed the Senate
26-20 and the House 57-37. The governor
signed the bill but vetoed sections of it,
prompting the building industry to pursue
a legal challenge.
SHB 1781
amending lupa
Failed/AWB Opposed
AWB opposed Substitute House Bill 1781,
sponsored by Rep. Gerry Pollet, D-Seattle,
which would have amended the Land Use
Protection Act (LUPA). SHB 1781 would
have allowed petitioners to seek judicial
review even if they had not exhausted
the appeal process. The bill would have
residential building
capacity
Passed/AWB Nuetral
Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill
1923, sponsored by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon,
D -Bu r ien , prov ides opt ion s to lo ca l
governments planning under the Growth
Ma na gement Ac t (GM A) to i ncrea se
residential building capacity. Among other
provisions, the bill allows cities to adopt
a housing plan, provides exemptions from
administrative or judicial appeal under
SEPA and the GMA, and creates a grant
program to support planning and outreach
efforts. The bill also adds a surcharge of
$2.50 to the document recording fee to fund
GMA planning and review with a portion
deposited into the Home Security Fund
Account. E2SHB 1923 passed the House
75-19 and the Senate 33-16.