HB1609 • 2026

Natural resources board/OSPI

Promoting efficient administration of state education agencies.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Representative Waters, Representative Mena, Representative Reed, Representative Nance
Last action: 2025-04-21
Official status: C 94 L 25
Effective date: Not listed

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Natural resources board/OSPI

What This Bill Does

Natural resources board/OSPI

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1609 AMH WATE SMIL 048

139 • Waters

ADOPTED

Plain English: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1609 AMH WATE SMIL 048 1 - Official Print EFFECT: Specifies that the designee that the Superintendent of Public Instruction may use on the Board of Natural Resources must be from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1609 AMH WATE SMIL 048 1 - Official Print EFFECT: Specifies that the designee that the Superintendent of Public Instruction may use on the Board of Natural Resources must be from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
1609 AMH WATE SMIL 048 HB 1609 - H AMD 139 By Representative Waters ADOPTED 03/11/2025 On page 1, line 9, after "designee" insert "from the office of the superintendent of public instruction" --- END

Bill History

2025-04-21 House
Effective date 7/27/2025.

Official Summary Text

Natural resources board/OSPI

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AN ACT Relating to efficient administration of state education 1
agencies; and amending RCW 43.30.205. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
Sec. 1. RCW 43.30.205 and 2010 c 189 s 1 are each amended to 4
read as follows: 5
(1) The board shall consist of six members: 6
(a) The governor or the governor's designee; 7
(b) The superintendent of public instruction or the 8
superintendent's designee; 9
(c) The commissioner; 10
(d) The director of the University of Washington school of forest 11
resources; 12
(e) The dean of the Washington State University college of 13
agricultural, human, and natural resource sciences; and14
(f) A representative of those counties that contain state 15
forestlands acquired or transferred under RCW 79.22.010, 79.22.040, 16
and 79.22.020. 17
(2)(a) The county representative on the board shall be selected 18
by the legislative authorities of those counties that contain state 19
forestlands acquired or transferred under RCW 79.22.010, 79.22.040, 20
and 79.22.020. In the selection of the county representative, each 21
Z-0302.2
HOUSE BILL 1609
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Waters, Mena, Reed, and Nance; by request of
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Read first time 01/27/25. Referred to Committee on Agriculture &
Natural Resources.
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participating county shall have one vote. The Washington state 1
association of counties shall convene a meeting for the purpose of 2
making the selection and shall notify the board of the selection.3
(b) The county representative must be a duly elected member of a 4
county legislative authority who shall serve a term of four years 5
unless the representative should leave office for any reason. The 6
initial term shall begin on July 1, 1986. 7
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