ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5390
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Stanford and Nobles)
READ FIRST TIME 02/28/25.
AN ACT Relating to access to a recreation site or lands; amending RCW 79A.80.020 , 79A.80.090 , 79A.80.080 , and 79A.05.065 ; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that both visitors and residents of Washington state enjoy the opportunity to recreate and experience the beauty of state-owned public lands, like state parks. The legislature also finds that the costs to provide access to these lands has been successfully supported by user-based recreation fees and that the costs of continued support and access has outpaced the revenue generated by fees. The discover pass and day-use permits that are used to gain access to state-owned lands have been in place since 2011, and the cost for the discover pass and permits has not changed since then. However, the costs to maintain recreational access have steadily increased. The original legislation anticipated the potential need to consider adjustment in the cost of both the discover pass and day-use permits. The legislature intends to maintain recreational access for all by updating the cost of the discover pass commensurate with the inflationary costs to carry out state recreational programs.
Sec. 2. RCW 79A.80.020 and 2017 c 121 s 1 are each amended to read as follows: