SSB 5370: Lengthening port commissioner terms.
Signed into law: Chapter 336, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Harris
- Introduced
- January 20, 2025
- Status
- C 336 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 17, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Allows port districts that are not countywide, or that are countywide in a county with fewer than 100,000 people, to increase the length of the terms of office of the commissioners of the port district from four to six years, following voter approval.
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Floor votes
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 16, 202588 yea · 9 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 21, 202548 yea · 0 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 26, 202547 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
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