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• Introduced by Rep. Lynn Kessler, (D-Hoquiam) (D) on January 3, 2006, to create a $5 State Parks fee that will be charged when a resident registers or renews the registration for a motor vehicle. The fee can be waived if the registrant does not intend to use the vehicle to visit Washington State Parks. The bill also prohibits the State Parks Commission from charging fees for general park access or parking.
  • Referred to the House Natural Resources, Ecology, and Parks Committee on January 9, 2006.
  • Substitute offered to the House Natural Resources, Ecology, and Parks Committee on January 17, 2006, to remove provisions authorizing the Department of Licensing to collect an additional $5 fee from persons at the time of vehicle registration to be used for the operation and maintenance of the state parks system.
  • The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on February 13, 2006.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 20, 2006.
• Passed in the House (94 to 2) on February 13, 2006, to prohibit the State Parks Commission from charging fees for general park access or parking. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on February 14, 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Natural Resources, Ocean and Recreation Committee on February 14, 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 24, 2006.
  • Amendment offered to the Senate on February 27, 2006, by the Senate Ways & Means Committee, to provide an effective date of July 1, 2006.
  • The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on February 28, 2006.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Ken Jacobsen, (D-Seattle) (D) on February 28, 2006, to add an effective date of April 9, 2006. S AMD 219. The amendment was pulled on 2/28/06.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Joseph Zarelli, (R-Ridgefield) (R) on February 28, 2006, to permit imposition of fees only if the general fund state biennial appropriation for state parks is lower than the prior biennial funding level. S AMD 224. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on February 28, 2006.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Ken Jacobsen, (D-Seattle) (D) on February 28, 2006, S AMD 225. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on February 28, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (40 to 5) on February 28, 2006, to prohibit the State Parks Commission from charging fees for general park access or parking. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on March 4, 2006, and the House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. The House asks the Senate to recede from amendments.
• Received in the Senate on March 7, 2006, and the Senate agrees to recede from amendments.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Ken Jacobsen, (D-Seattle) (D) on March 7, 2006, to strike everything after the enacting clause and insert a new bill. S AMD 394. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 7, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (43 to 4) on March 7, 2006, to prohibit the State Parks Commission from charging fees for general park access or parking. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on March 7, 2006.
• Passed in the House (96 to 2) on March 7, 2006, to concur in Senate amendments, for final passage of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire on March 20, 2006, to prohibit the State Parks Commission from charging fees for general park access or parking.