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Committee rejects amendment but reports House Bill 1303 on SEPA and environmental justice, 12-7
Summary
House Bill 1303, a measure to add environmental-justice considerations to state SEPA review, was reported out of committee with a due-pass recommendation. An amendment to require cumulative-impact review of large-scale renewable development was defeated before the bill passed the committee by the same 12-7 margin.
The House Environment & Energy Committee voted to report House Bill 1303 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation; staff announced the vote as 12 ayes, 7 nays, 2 excused.
An amendment (H1330.1) that would have required cumulative-impact consideration of large-scale wind and solar development on open space, farmland and rural communities failed on a voice vote and then in the recorded vote. Representative Dye, who moved the amendment, argued that land-use disruptions from large renewable…
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