1099 HBA ENVI 21

Brief Description: Improving the state's climate response through updates to the state's comprehensive planning framework. Sponsors: Representatives Duerr, Fitzgibbon, Dolan, Bateman, Ramel, Gregerson, Goodman, Ryu, Kloba, Chopp, Ormsby, Pollet, Fey, Santos and Davis. Brief Summary of Bill Adds a goal of climate change mitigation to the listed goals of the Growth Management Act (GMA). • Adds a climate change and resiliency element to the list of elements that must be included within the comprehensive plans that certain counties and cities must adopt under the GMA. • Requires the climate change and resiliency element of the comprehensive plan of certain counties and cities to result in reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled within the city or county adopting the comprehensive plan. • Requires the climate change and resiliency element of the comprehensive plan of certain counties and cities to address the adverse impacts of climate change on people, property, and ecological systems. • Requires the Department of Commerce (Commerce), in consultation with other state agencies, to publish guidelines that specify proportionate greenhouse gas emissions reductions associated with passenger cars and light trucks that must be made in certain areas of the state in order to achieve statewide greenhouse gas emissions reductions set forth in state law. • Specifies the process by which the greenhouse gas emissions reduction sub-element of the climate change and resiliency element takes effect. • This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in their deliberations. This analysis is…

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