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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1631: State marine forest

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1631 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishing the state marine forest. Primary sponsor: Greg Nance (D). It lists 24 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2025): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to establishing bull kelp forests as the official state marine forest;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 20 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Greg NancePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Adam BernbaumCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Rob ChaseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Davina DuerrCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Dan GriffeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Victoria HuntCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5
Shelley KlobaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Sam LowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Joel McEntireCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Sharlett MenaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Lisa ParshleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Dave PaulCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Strom PetersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Alex RamelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Julia ReedCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Adison RichardsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Cindy RyuCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Osman SalahuddinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Clyde ShaversCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Tarra SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Steve TharingerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Brianna ThomasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Joe TimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Jim WalshCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Janice ZahnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 45, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 7/27/2025.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  9. Placed on second reading consent calendar.
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. SGTE - Majority; do pass.
  12. First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page