SSB 5353 — Concerning the voluntary stewardship program.

What this bill does

Removes the date by which counties must have elected to join the Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP). Provides that a county electing to join the VSP is eligible for a share of funding made available to implement the program, subject to funding availability from the state. Establishes that a county electing to join the VSP is not required to implement the program in a participating watershed until adequate funding for the program in that watershed is provided to the county.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 11, 2023
  94 yea · 3 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 2, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay

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