WA HB2316

Prohibits shrubsteppe vegetation within urban growth areas from being classified as wildlife habitat, wildlife corridors, critical areas, conservation areas, or subject to environmental protections that restrict development

Bars state and local agencies from requiring mitigation, protection, restoration, or replacement of shrubsteppe plants when damaged or removed from property within urban growth boundaries

Eliminates penalties and environmental enhancement requirements for property owners who remove shrubsteppe vegetation in urban growth areas

Covers native shrubsteppe species including Wyoming big sagebrush, antelope bitterbrush, Idaho fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass, and balsamroot, as well as invasive species like cheat grass and Russian thistle

Amends RCW 36.70A.110 (Growth Management Act) with legislative findings that only 3.74% of Washington's land falls within urban growth boundaries and that shrubsteppe removal supports the state's goal of producing over one million homes by 2044