2SHB 1322 — Concerning the Walla Walla water 2050 plan.

What this bill does

Provides that the one-third / two-thirds allocation of water resources between instream and out of stream uses established for new water supplies developed in the Columbia River basin does not apply to applications for water rights implementing the Walla Walla Water 2050 Plan adopted June 30, 2021. Requires that, in financing projects to implement the Walla Walla Water 2050 Plan, the Department of Ecology must obtain no more than 50 percent of the total project costs from state funding sources. Directs Ecology to evaluate the development of a bistate legal regulatory framework for the allocation of developed water resources in collaboration with the State of Oregon. Requires that water supplies developed under the act be apportioned between Oregon and Washington consistent with any written agreements entered into with the State of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Authorizes Ecology to designate water supplies developed under the act for instream flow purposes and be placed into the trust water rights program.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 2, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 11, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay

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