Washington SB 5173: Concerning mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect.

Bill Text

AN ACT Relating to county comprehensive plans and development 1
regulations; and amending RCW 36.70A.130.2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
Sec. 1. RCW 36.70A.130 and 2024 c 17 s 1 are each amended to 4
read as follows:5
(1)(a) Each comprehensive land use plan and development 6
regulations shall be subject to continuing review and evaluation by 7
the county or city that adopted them. Except as otherwise provided, a 8
county or city shall take legislative action to review and, if 9
needed, revise its comprehensive land use plan and development 10
regulations to ensure the plan and regulations comply with the 11
requirements of this chapter according to the deadlines in 12
subsections (4) and (5) of this section.13
(b)(i) A city or town located within a county planning under RCW 14
36.70A.040 may opt out of a full review and revisions of its 15
comprehensive plan established in this section if the city or town 16
meets the following criteria:17
(A) Has a population fewer than 500;18
(B) Is not located within 10 miles of a city with a population 19
over 100,000;20
S-0231.1
SENATE BILL 5173
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Short, Dozier, and Fortunato
Prefiled 01/08/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Local Government.
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(C) Experienced a population growth rate of fewer than 10 percent 1
in the preceding 10 years; and2
(D) Has provided the department with notice of its intent to 3
participate in a partial review and revision of its comprehensive 4
plan.5
(ii) The department shall review the population growth rate for a 6
city or town participating in the partial review and revision of its 7
comprehensive plan process at least three years before the periodic 8
update is due as outlined in subsection (4) of this section and 9
notify cities of their eligibility.10
(iii) A city or town that opts out of a full review and revision 11
of its comprehensive plan must update its critical areas regulations 12
and its capital facilities element and its transportation element.13
(c) Except as otherwise provided, a county or city not planning 14
under RCW 36.70A.040 shall take action to review and, if needed, 15
revise its policies and development regulations regarding critical 16
areas and natural resource lands adopted according to this chapter to 17
ensure these policies and regulations comply with the requirements of 18
this chapter according to the deadlines in subsections (4) and (5) of 19
this section. Legislative action means the adoption of a resolution 20
or ordinance following notice and a public hearing indicating at a 21
minimum, a finding that a review and evaluation has occurred and 22
identifying the revisions made, or that a revision was not needed and 23
the reasons therefor.24
(d) The review and evaluation required by this subsection shall 25
include, but is not limited to, consideration of critical area 26
ordinances and, if planning under RCW 36.70A.040, an analysis of the 27
population allocated to a city or county from the most recent 10-year 28
population forecast by the office of financial management.29
(e) Any amendment of or revision to a comprehensive land use plan 30
shall conform to this chapter. Any amendment of or revision to 31
development regulations shall be consistent with and implement the 32
comprehensive plan.33
(2)(a) Each county and city shall establish and broadly 34
disseminate to the public a public participation program consistent 35
with RCW 36.70A.035 and 36.70A.140 that identifies procedures and 36
schedules whereby updates, proposed amendments, or revisions of the 37
comprehensive plan are considered by the governing body of the county 38
or city no more frequently than once every year. "Updates" means to 39
review and revise, if needed, according to subsection (1) of this 40
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section, and the deadlines in subsections (4) and (5) of this section 1
or in accordance with the provisions of subsection (6) of this 2
section. Amendments may be considered more frequently than once per 3
year under the following circumstances:4
(i) The initial adoption of a subarea plan. Subarea plans adopted 5
under this subsection (2)(a)(i) must clarify, supplement, or 6
implement jurisdiction-wide comprehensive plan policies, and may only 7
be adopted if the cumulative impacts of the proposed plan are 8
addressed by appropriate environmental review under chapter 43.21C 9
RCW;10
(ii) The development of an initial subarea plan for economic 11
development located outside of the 100 year floodplain in a county 12
that has completed a state-funded pilot project that is based on 13
watershed characterization and local habitat assessment;14
(iii) The adoption or amendment of a shoreline master program 15
under the procedures set forth in chapter 90.58 RCW;16
(iv) The amendment of the capital facilities element of a 17
comprehensive plan that occurs concurrently with the adoption or 18
amendment of