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2019 House Bill 1579: Implementing recommendations of the southern resident killer whale task force related to increasing chinook abundance
Introduced by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (West Seattle) (D) on January 24, 2019
Referred to the House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee on January 24, 2019
Substitute offered in the House on February 6, 2019
Addresses the need to increase the amount of chinook salmon in the state's waters by implementing recommendations of the southern resident killer whale task force.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 8, 2019
Substitute offered in the House on February 25, 2019
Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) to liberalize catch limits for bass, channel catfish, and walleye in anadromous waters of the state.
Received in the Senate on March 9, 2019
Referred to the Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee on March 9, 2019
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on April 3, 2019
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 9, 2019
Received in the House on April 18, 2019
Signed with partial veto by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 8, 2019