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2019 House Bill 1580: Concerning the protection of southern resident orca whales from vessels
Introduced by Rep. Brian Blake (Aberdeen) (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 20, 2019
Increases the distance within which a vessel or other object may not approach a southern resident orca whale (orcas).
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 22, 2019
Amendment offered by Rep. Drew MacEwen (Union) (R) on March 7, 2019
Provides that the whale watching license program and associated reporting, rulemaking, and enforcement provisions take effect after the same or more stringent requirements and licensing provisions are adopted for commercial whale watching in British Columbia waters.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 7, 2019
Received in the Senate on March 9, 2019
Referred to the Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee on March 9, 2019