SHB 1138 — Concerning drought preparedness.

What this bill does

Provides that projects funded by grants issued to address drought conditions no longer need to be completed while a drought emergency order is in effect. Changes the name of the Drought Preparedness and Response Account to the Drought Preparedness Account. Directs the State Treasurer to transfer $2.5 million to the Drought Preparedness Account at the beginning of each biennium. Creates the Emergency Drought Response Account in the State Treasury. Directs the State Treasurer, upon the issuance of a drought emergency order, to transfer to the Emergency Drought Response Account the amount needed to bring the balance of the account to up to $3 million. Modifies the circumstances in which the Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply during Drought is authorized to convene, to include when a drought advisory is in effect and when a drought emergency order is in effect.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2023
  96 yea · 1 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 17, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 11, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay

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