Two bills that expand the scope of local planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA) have advanced from the second round of policy committee review and have been scheduled for hearings in the Senate Ways & Means Committee. Both GMA bills – HB 1099, dealing with integrating climate change, and HB 1117, addressing salmon recovery – remain in forms that AWC supports.

A third bill, HB 1241, provides an extension on the comprehensive plan update cycle from eight years to ten years with a limited five-year review. This proposal has also moved from policy committee to Ways & Means in a form that AWC supports.

Dates to remember

HB 1099 is scheduled for committee vote in the Senate Ways & Means Committee on Monday, March 29 at 1:30 pm.

HB 1117 and HB 1241 are scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday, March 31 at 1:30 pm.