CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2293
Chapter 72, Laws of 2024
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
AVIAN SALMON PREDATION WORK GROUP
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House February 12, 2024 Yeas 97 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 23, 2024 Yeas 47 Nays 0 DENNY HECK
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. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved March 13, 2024 2:17 PM | FILED March 14, 2024 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2293
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2024 Regular Session |
ByHouse Agriculture and Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Wilcox, Chapman, Kretz, Dent, Barkis, and Barnard)
READ FIRST TIME 01/31/24.
AN ACT Relating to studying the effects of avian predation of salmon; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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.
(2) The avian salmon predation work group consists of:
(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;
(c) Two members each representing recreational fishers and commercial fishers; and
(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.
(5) This section expires July 1, 2026.
Passed by the House February 12, 2024.
Passed by the Senate February 23, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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