ESHB 1906: Changing the vessel length requirement in obtaining nonresident vessel permits.
Did not pass. The 2023-24 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Chapman
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- H Rules 3C
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (March 7, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Increases the allowable length of nonresident vessels that are commercially owned or intended for chartering purposes, for the purposes of obtaining a nonresident vessel permit from the Department of Licensing, from 200 to 300 feet.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 202497 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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