HB2554 • 2026

Tribal fishing rights

Recognizing judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved fishing rights and promoting state-tribal cooperative agreements in the management of salmon, trout, and steelhead resources.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Representative Lekanoff, Representative Callan, Representative Santos, Representative Ryu, Representative Parshley, Representative Ramel, Representative Doglio, Representative Fitzgibbon, Representative Cortes, Representative Stearns, Representative Obras, Representative Pollet, Representative Zahn, Representative Nance, Representative Reeves, Representative Thomas, Representative Timmons
Last action: 2026-03-11
Official status: C 16 L 26
Effective date: Not listed

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Tribal fishing rights

What This Bill Does

Tribal fishing rights

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2554 AMH WALJ H3540.1

1671 • Walsh

NOT ADOPTED

Plain English: 2554 AMH WALJ H3540.1 HB 2554 - H AMD 1671 By Representative Walsh NOT ADOPTED 02/13/2026 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "NEW SECTION.

2554 AMH WALJ H3540.1 HB 2554 - H AMD 1671 By Representative Walsh NOT ADOPTED 02/13/2026 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "NEW SECTION.
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A new section is added to chapter 77.110 3 RCW to read as follows: 4 Nothing in this chapter, nor any rule, order, permit, or action 5 taken under it, shall be construed or applied to diminish, condition, 6 regulate, or abrogate any right reserved to a federally recognized 7 Indian tribe or tribal members by treaty with the United States, by 8 federal statute, or by federal court order.

Bill History

2026-03-11 House
Effective date 6/11/2026.

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Tribal fishing rights

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AN ACT Relating to recognizing judicially affirmed and treaty-1
reserved fishing rights and promoting state-tribal cooperative 2
agreements in the management of salmon, trout, and steelhead 3
resources; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 77.110.010, 4
77.110.020, 77.110.030, 77.110.040, and 77.110.900.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:6
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that chapter 77.110 7
RCW is inconsistent with judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved 8
fishing rights. The legislature also finds that chapter 77.110 RCW 9
conflicts with well-established state-tribal cooperative fishery 10
management agreements. Therefore, the legislature acknowledges that 11
in order to keep its commitments and relationship with Pacific 12
Northwest tribes and to avoid any legal confusion with current 13
cooperative agreements, it is necessary to repeal chapter 77.110 RCW.14
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The following acts or parts of acts are 15
each repealed:16
(1) RCW 77.110.010 (Declaration) and 1985 c 1 s 1;17
(2) RCW 77.110.020 (Petition to congress) and 1985 c 1 s 2;18
(3) RCW 77.110.030 (Management of natural resources— State policy) 19
and 1985 c 1 s 3; 20
H-2967.1
HOUSE BILL 2554
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Representatives Lekanoff, Callan, Santos, Ryu, Parshley, Ramel,
Doglio, Fitzgibbon, Cortes, Stearns, Obras, Pollet, Zahn, Nance,
Reeves, Thomas, and Timmons
Read first time 01/19/26. Referred to Committee on Agriculture &
Natural Resources.
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(4) RCW 77.110.040 (Declaration— Denial of rights based on race, 1
sex, origin, or cultural heritage) and 1985 c 1 s 4; and2
(5) RCW 77.110.900 (Transmittal of act to president and congress— 3
1985 c 1) and 1985 c 1 s 5. 4
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