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WA HB2395
Bill
Status
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Strom Peterson
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AI Summary
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Abutting residential owners may allow "recreational moorage sharing" at their private docks or mooring buoys on state-owned aquatic lands, permitting temporary use by qualified recreational vessels
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Individual stays limited to 7 consecutive days maximum, with total stays per vessel capped at 90 days per calendar year
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Annual receipts from moorage sharing cannot exceed three times the owner's documented maintenance costs for the dock or mooring buoy in the preceding 12-month period
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Compliant recreational moorage sharing does not constitute commercial use of state-owned aquatic lands, create a separate lease/tenancy, or trigger state leasing requirements
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Adds new definitions for "qualified recreational vessel" (privately owned or charter vessels used solely for nonresidential recreational boating, excluding residential, passenger-for-hire, or industrial vessels) and "recreational moorage sharing"
Legislative Description
Authorizing additional use of certain private recreational docks and mooring buoys.
Last Action
First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
1/13/2026