Passed by the House February 12, 2024 Yeas 97 Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 23, 2024 Yeas 47 Nays 0 President of the Senate	CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2293 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. Chief Clerk Chief Clerk
Approved	FILED
	Secretary of State State of Washington

ByHouse Agriculture and Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Wilcox, Chapman, Kretz, Dent, Barkis, and Barnard)

AN ACT Relating to studying the effects of avian predation of salmon; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The department of fish and wildlife shall convene an avian salmon predation work group to: Identify all avian species that contribute to predation of juvenile salmon at a population level; determine whether such species are adversely impacting the recovery of any threatened or endangered salmon species; and identify remedies.

(a) Five members from federally recognized Indian tribes with treaty fishing rights in Washington waters, invited by the department of fish and wildlife as comanagers;

(b) One member each from the department of fish and wildlife; the United States fish and wildlife service; the United States army corps of engineers; the national marine fisheries service, west coast region; the Oregon state department of fish and wildlife; and the Puget Sound partnership;

(d) One member each representing a salmon conservation organization and an avian conservation organization.

(3) If a member has not been designated for a position set forth in subsection (2) of this section, the work group must still conduct business and report as required in subsection (4) of this section.

(4) The work group must report to the department of fish and wildlife and the legislature in accordance with RCW 43.01.036 by June 30, 2025.