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2019 Senate Bill 5330: Analyzing state regulatory impact on small forest landowners
Introduced by Sen. John Braun (Centralia) (R) on January 17, 2019
Referred to the Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee on January 17, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 7, 2019
Establishes a legislative work group to analyze the state regulatory impact on small forest landowners and make recommendations to improve the retention of working forestland held by small forest landowners.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 8, 2019
Amendment offered by Sen. John Braun (Centralia) (R) on February 27, 2019
Requires the school of environmental and forest sciences at the University of Washington to complete a trends analysis on impacts to small forestland owners, rather than a legislative task force. Specifies that the trends analysis must determine factors that led small forestland owners to sell their land, make recommendations to the legislature regarding how to improve mitigation measures for small forestland owners, and assess whether the family forest fish passage program has addressed economic impacts to landowners and fish passage barriers adequately. Makes technical and clarifying changes.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 27, 2019
Received in the House on March 1, 2019
Referred to the House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee on March 1, 2019
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 25, 2019
Received in the Senate on April 23, 2019
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 21, 2019