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Agency bills progress as parks officials watch tourism-assessment proposal
Summary
Legislative affairs director Brian Considine told the commission that the agency had two bills advance (including a ski‑area inspections technical update) while other measures—snowmobile fee increases—stalled; he raised concerns about House Bill 2325, a tourism assessment mechanism that could generate an estimated $25–56 million annually and whose scope may affect parks and vendors.
Brian Considine, the agency’s legislative/public affairs director, briefed commissioners on March 4 as the 60‑day session entered its final days. He said Washington State Parks had two agency bills that moved out of their originating chambers and that House Bill 2272 (technical updates to ski-lift inspection terminology) had passed the Senate, with Rep. Hall as the prime sponsor.
Considine said two other agency bills on snowmobile registration fees (SB 5234 and HB 2139) stalled amid heavy floor and committee activity and that their fate may depend…
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