2025-02-05
House Bill 1303, which adds an environmental justice component to large project permitting will be discussed by the House Environmental Committee in executive session next Tuesday February 11. The committee will decide whether or not to move the bill forward. The bill would help include cumulative impacts in the SAMP and thus we strongly support
2025-01-28
House Bill 1303, titled 'Environmental Justice,' is a Washington State legislative proposal whose fiscal note estimates total operating expenditures of approximately $21.3 million across multiple state agencies for the 2025–27 biennium, with similar costs projected through 2031. The largest spending impacts fall on the Department of Natural Resources (~$17.8 million) and the Department of Ecology, while agencies such as the Administrative Office of the Courts report no fiscal impact. Several agencies, including the Department of Transportation and State Parks and Recreation Commission, report non-zero but indeterminate costs that require further review.
2025-01-23
Introducing the CURB Act V2.0 The first meeting of the State House Environment Committee introduced HB1303 (bill, analysis), also known as ‘the CURB act’. This is a follow-up to 2024’s HEAL Act, which added the concept of Environmental Justice Communities into State Law. HB1303 takes this from the conceptual phase into something practical. HB1303 will
2025-01-23
HB 1303 is a Washington State bill focused on environmental justice, not Sea-Tac Airport noise policy. It proposes adding environmental justice considerations to the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review process and prohibiting certain air pollution permits in overburdened communities. This document does not contain relevant content for a Sea-Tac Airport noise policy archive.
2025-01-28
2025-01-23