SHB 1774 — Modifying allowable terms for the lease of unused highway land.

What this bill does

Allows the Washington State Department of Transportation to incorporate into its determination of adequate consideration for the lease of property identified social, environmental, or economic benefits of the lease when the lessee is a public agency, special purpose district, or community-based non-profit organization that will use the property for community purposes. Defines "community purposes" as serving a housing, housing assistance, shelter program, park, enhanced public space, public recreation, or public transportation public benefit purpose.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2025
  70 yea · 27 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 22, 2025
  67 yea · 30 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 15, 2025
  29 yea · 19 nay · 1 not voting

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