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WA SB5334

Bill

Status

Passed

5/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Shelly Short

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds Department of Natural Resources civil enforcement decisions under RCW 76.04.205 (burning permits and silvicultural burning civil penalties) to the list of decisions appealable to the Pollution Control Hearings Board

  • Amends RCW 43.21B.110 to expand the board's jurisdiction to include these DNR enforcement actions alongside existing appealable decisions from multiple state agencies

  • Effective date is July 27, 2025

  • Passed with near-unanimous bipartisan support: Senate 49-0, House 96-1

  • Sponsored by Senators Short, Chapman, Bateman, and Nobles at the request of the Department of Natural Resources

Legislative Description

Adding the department of natural resources' civil enforcement decisions under RCW 76.04.205 to appeals that may be heard by the pollution control hearings board.

Last Action

Effective date 7/27/2025.

5/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules4/2/2025
Agriculture and Natural Resources3/5/2025
Rules2/19/2025
Ways & Means1/30/2025
Agriculture & Natural Resources1/17/2025

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