H-0498.2
HOUSE BILL 1818
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Penner, Parshley, Klicker, Nance, Stuebe, Barkis, Barnard, Low, Connors, Walen, Manjarrez, and Leavitt
Read first time 02/04/25. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to the administration of plats; amending RCW 58.17.010 , 58.17.020 , 58.17.033 , 58.17.035 , 58.17.040 , 58.17.065 , 58.17.070 , 58.17.080 , 58.17.095 , 58.17.100 , 58.17.110 , 58.17.120 , 58.17.130 , 58.17.140 , 58.17.150 , 58.17.155 , 58.17.160 , 58.17.165 , 58.17.170 , 58.17.180 , 58.17.190 , 58.17.195 , 58.17.200 , 58.17.210 , 58.17.212 , 58.17.215 , 58.17.217 , 58.17.225 , 58.17.240 , 58.17.250 , 58.17.255 , 58.17.280 , 58.17.310 , and 58.17.320 ; reenacting and amending RCW 58.17.040 ; adding new sections to chapter 58.17 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 58.17.030 , 58.17.060 , 58.17.090 , 58.17.092 , 58.17.275 , and 58.17.330 ; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the statutes in chapter 58.17 RCW governing the subdivision of land were originally enacted in 1969. The subdivision process as originally enacted has evolved in implementation by local jurisdiction over 50 years such that a preliminary plat has the level of detail of what was previously considered for a final plat. The subdivision statutes have not been comprehensively updated since the adoption of the growth management act, the statutes governing local project review in chapter 36.70B RCW, and the statutes integrating project review under the state environmental policy act and the growth management act. The submittal requirements for a short plat have evolved to become essentially the same as required for a subdivision making the distinction between a short plat and a subdivision obsolete. This act intends to update the statutes governing the division of land to provide a uniform process.
Sec. 2. RCW 58.17.010 and 1981 c 293 s 1 are each amended to read as follows: