ESHB 1135: Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act.

What this bill does

Provides that, if a local government repeals a plan or regulation that has been invalidated by the Growth Management Hearings Board (GMHB), the determination of invalidity may only be modified or rescinded if the GMHB finds that the plan or regulation that is in effect after the repeal will not substantially interfere with the goals of the Growth Management Act (GMA). Provides that a local government that has been found by the GMHB to be out of compliance with the requirements of the GMA may not be found to be in compliance after it repeals the noncompliant plan or regulations unless the plan or regulations that will be in effect after a repeal are themselves compliant with the requirements of the GMA.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2025
  56 yea · 40 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 26, 2025
  30 yea · 19 nay

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