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Bill Text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1902
Chapter 365, Laws of 2025
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT PERMITTING—WORK GROUP
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the House April 24, 2025
Yeas 93 Nays 1
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 16, 2025
Yeas 49 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
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL
1902 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Approved May 19, 2025 3:11 PM FILED
May 20, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to convening a work group regarding the 1
streamlining of permitting for transportation projects; creating a 2
new section; and providing an expiration date.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The department of transportation, in 5
consultation with the department of ecology, shall convene a work 6
group to develop recommendations to streamline the permitting of 7
transportation projects, by aligning priorities, legal requirements, 8
timelines, processing, and interests, in permitting. The work group 9
shall designate the entity or entities responsible for the 10
implementation of each recommendation, including the entity primarily 11
responsible for the implementation of each recommendation.12
(2) The work group shall consist of the following members:13
(a) One representative from the department of transportation, to 14
be appointed by the secretary of the department;15
(b) One representative from the department of ecology, to be 16
appointed by the director of the department;17
(c) One representative from the department of fish and wildlife, 18
to be appointed by the director of the department;19
(d) One representative from the department of commerce, to be 20
appointed by the director of the department;21
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1902
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By House Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives
Richards, Stuebe, Zahn, Dent, Timmons, Barkis, Paul, Nance, Reed,
Ramel, Bernbaum, Wylie, Taylor, Parshley, Simmons, Shavers,
Salahuddin, and Hill)
READ FIRST TIME 02/28/25.
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(e) One representative from the office of equity, to be appointed 1
by the director of the office;2
(f) One representative from the association of Washington cities;3
(g) One representative from the Washington state association of 4
counties;5
(h) One representative from the Washington public ports 6
association;7
(i) One representative from an organization representing general 8
contractors;9
(j) One representative from a statewide organization representing 10
construction trades labor;11
(k) One representative from the Washington state transit 12
association;13
(l) One representative from the United States army corps of 14
engineers, to be invited by the secretary of the department of 15
transportation;16
(m) One representative of the consultant engineering community; 17
and18
(n) At least one, but not limited to, representative from tribes, 19
and additional coordination from the governor's office of Indian 20
affairs.21
(3) The work group shall develop recommendations to reduce 22
project costs and the time required from project conception to 23
project completion. These recommendations must ensure that all 24
appropriate environmental and regulatory protections are maintained.25
(4) Staff support to the work group must be provided by the 26
department of transportation.27
(5) The work group shall convene its first meeting by October 1, 28
2025, and shall submit an interim report to the legislature by 29
January 1, 2026, outlining its work to date, along with information 30
on any permits or processes the work group may focus on during the 31
course of their work, and a final report to the legislature detailing 32
its work and any recommendations, including any recommendations for 33
legislation, by November 1, 2026.34
(6) This section expires December 31, 2026.35
Passed by the House April 24, 2025.
Passed by the Senate April 16, 2025.
Approved by the Governor May 19, 2025.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 20, 2025.
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