ESHB 2039 — Modifying the appeals process for environmental and land use matters.

What this bill does

Modifies the process, beginning July 1, 2026, for direct review by the Court of Appeals for decisions issued by the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), the Shoreline Hearings Board (SHB), and the Growth Management Hearings Board (GMHB). Modifies the process, beginning July 1, 2026, for direct review by the Court of Appeals for appeals arising under the Land Use Petition Act. Directs the presiding officer, in a proceeding before the PCHB, the SHB, or the GMHB, in which it appears that more than one appeal has arisen out of the same underlying project, to consolidate such appeals for hearing upon a determination that certain criteria have been met. Modifies the jurisdiction of the PCHB to hear appeals arising pursuant to specified additional environmental laws.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2024
  64 yea · 33 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 5, 2024
  72 yea · 24 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · February 27, 2024
  44 yea · 5 nay

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