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Committee hears bill to clarify building permits are not 'project permits' under Growth Management Act
Summary
House Bill 19-35 would explicitly exclude building permits from the statutory definition of “project permit” in chapter 36.70B RCW. Supporters from the building industry, county planners and cities said the change is a narrow technical fix to avoid confusion created by 2023’s Senate Bill 5290 and to preserve existing permitting timelines.
At a Feb. 14 meeting of the Local Government Committee, lawmakers heard House Bill 19-35, a technical change that would clarify that building permits are not “project permits” for the purposes of chapter 36.70B RCW, the statute that governs local government processing of project permit applications under the Growth Management Act.
Committee staffer Kellen Wright summarized the bill: “The bill before you is House Bill 19-35, an act relating to the definition of project permit and project permit application,” and explained it would explicitly provide that building permits are not project permits under chapter 36.70B RCW.
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