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2025-10-31 20:43OLR Research Report
A research report header or cover page from OLR (Office of Legislative Research) featuring a blue banner with official seal and title text. -
2025-08-28 18:16Legislation 2026
A list of programs and changes to City, Port, State and Federal law we can and must implement in the upcoming legislative calendar. The SAMP is the largest and longest expansion in airport history. These policies will reduce noise, pollution, provide mitigation and compensation for decades of inequity. This is a blueprint not only for Sea-Tac, but for every community unfairly impacted by commercial aviation. Solve for Sea-Tac, solve for every airport. -
2025-02-24 19:08SB5652 will not move forward this year
Bill to reduce health disparities at Sea-Tac misses key deadline We want to extend our deepest thanks to everyone who supported SB 5652, Senator Tina Orwall’s bill to help reduce environmental and health disparities for communities impacted by Sea-Tac Airport. Unfortunately, the bill did not advance past the legislative cutoff date and will not move -
2025-02-21 20:31State backs green aviation fuel plant as industry struggles to cut emissions
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Washington state has awarded a new $1.5 million grant for a planned sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel production facility projected to open in 2029 at Wallula Gap on the Columbia River. That’s a very small portion of the funding required to complete the facility being developed by -
2025-02-19 21:06SHB1303 hearing in House Appropriations Committee
Substitute bill to address cumulative impacts faces stiff opposition Guillermo Morel: I’m here with Front and Centered, a network of 50 community-based organizations across the state working toward a just transition. We are led by communities of color and low-income populations. I want to take you back to 2021 when we passed the HEAL Act. -
2025-02-18 20:41
SB5652 first hearing at Senate Environment Committee
Bill to reduce health disparities at Sea-Tac gets community support and firm Port opposition Senator Tina Orwall’s introduced her bill to help reduce environmental and health disparities and improve the health of airport community residents, SB 5652 was heard in the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee. Text of SB5652 SB 5652 aims to reduce -
2025-02-13 14:20Call To Action: Support SB5652 Tuesday, February 18 @ 1:30PM
Sign in Pro and provide testimony. Help reduce noise and pollution for communities under the flight path! Senator Tina Orwall’s bill to help reduce environmental and health disparities and improve the health of airport community residents, SB 5652, is scheduled for a public hearing on Tuesday, 2/18 at 1:30 PM in the Senate Environment, Energy -
2025-01-23 00:00HB 1303 Bill Analysis – Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions
Brief Description: Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. Sponsors: Representatives Mena, Berry, Reeves, Reed, Ormsby, Salahuddin, Ramel, Pollet, Nance, Doglio and Scott. Brief Summary of Bill Adds environmental justice to the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review process, including the elements of the environment considered under SEPA and the SEPA checklist filled out by project proponents or SEPA lead agencies. • Requires SEPA lead agencies to complete an environmental justice impact statement, meeting specified substantive criteria and following specified processes, for potentially impactful projects in certain communities. • Prohibits, under the Clean Air Act, approvals for certain new air contaminant sources located in specified communities. • Hearing Date: 1/23/25 Staff: Jacob Lipson (786-7196). Background: State Environmental Policy Act. The State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) establishes a review process for state and local governments to identify environmental impacts that may result from governmental decisions, such as the issuance of permits or the adoption of land use plans. The SEPA environmental review process involves a project proponent, or the lead agency, completing an environmental This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in their deliberations. This analysis is not part of the legislation nor does it constitute a statement of legislative intent. Washington State House of Representatives Office of Program Research HB 1303- 1 -House Bill Analysis checklist to identify and evaluate probable environmental impacts. The Department of Ecology (Ecology) has adopted rules that spell out the elements of the environment whose impacts must be… -
2025-01-22 00:00HIGHLINE FORUM – 2025 State and Federal Legislative Issues
Agenda for Highline Forum meeting hosted by Port of Seattle focusing on 2025 state and federal legislative issues. The hybrid meeting includes public comments, administrative issues, legislative discussions, StART update, and round table updates. -
2025-01-15 00:00HB1303-2025 (CURB act)
AN ACT Relating to increasing environmental justice by improving 1 government decisions; amending RCW 70A.15.2210; adding new sections 2 to chapter 43.21C RCW; and creating a new section.3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The purpose of this act is to reduce the 5 disparities in cumulative environmental and health impacts in 6 Washington and improve the health of all Washington residents.7 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.21C 8 RCW to read as follows:9 (1)(a) The department of ecology shall add environmental justice 10 as an element of the environment within WAC 197-11-444 and as a 11 component of the environmental checklist within WAC 197-11-960, as 12 those sections existed on the effective date of this section.13 (b) Upon the adoption of rules by the department of ecology, a 14 lead agency must, in implementing the requirements of this chapter, 15 consider environmental justice in a manner consistent with its 16 consideration of other elements of the environment within WAC 17 197-11-444.18 (2) For purposes of this section "environmental justice" has the 19 same meaning as in RCW 70A.02.010.20 H-0468.2 HOUSE BILL 1303 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Representatives Mena, Berry, Reeves, Reed, Ormsby, Salahuddin, Ramel, Pollet, Nance, Doglio, and Scott Read first time 01/15/25. Referred to Committee on Environment & Energy. p. 1 HB 1303 NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 43.21C 1 RCW to…