ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1946
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By House Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Hill, Lekanoff, Reed, Parshley, Pollet, Obras, Nance, Ormsby, and Macri)
READ FIRST TIME 02/21/25.
AN ACT Relating to clarifying tribal membership on local boards of health; amending RCW 70.05.030 , 70.05.035 , 70.46.020 , and 70.46.031 ; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 70.05.030 and 2024 c 37 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, for counties without a home rule charter, the board of county commissioners and the members selected under (a) and (e) of this subsection, shall constitute the local board of health, unless the county is part of a health district pursuant to chapter 70.46 RCW. For counties without a home rule charter where the board of county commissioners is comprised of five commissioners, the board of county commissioners may adopt an ordinance reducing the number of county commissioners that are members of the local board of health, provided that the board of health includes at least one county commissioner. The jurisdiction of the local board of health shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the county.