CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5145
Chapter 294, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING--OIL AND NATURAL GAS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the Senate April 22, 2019 Yeas 30 Nays 19 CYRUS HABIB
President of the Senate Passed by the House April 17, 2019 Yeas 61 Nays 37 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5145 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary Secretary |
Approved May 8, 2019 3:13 PM | FILED May 13, 2019 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SENATE BILL 5145
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2019 Regular Session |
BySenators Salomon, Nguyen, Dhingra, Rolfes, Frockt, Hunt, Billig, Darneille, Palumbo, Kuderer, Saldaña, and Van De Wege
Prefiled 01/11/19.Read first time 01/14/19.Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks.
AN ACT Relating to the use of hydraulic fracturing in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas; and adding a new section to chapter
78.52 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
78.52 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The use of hydraulic fracturing in the exploration for, and production of, oil and natural gas is prohibited. This section does not prohibit the use of hydraulic fracturing for other purposes.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "hydraulic fracturing" means the process of pumping a fluid into or under the surface of the ground in order to create fractures in rock for the purpose of the production or recovery of oil or natural gas.
Passed by the Senate April 22, 2019.
Passed by the House April 17, 2019.
Approved by the Governor May 8, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 13, 2019.
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