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SB 5838 Floor Consideration

Adding a tribal member to the board of natural resources.

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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5838

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Kauffman, Saldaña, Alvarado, Conway, Frame, Hasegawa, Liias, Lovelett, Nobles, Pedersen, Riccelli, Shewmake, Stanford, Trudeau, Valdez, and C. Wilson; by request of Department of Natural Resources)

READ FIRST TIME 02/03/26.

AN ACT Relating to adding tribal representation to the board of natural resources; amending RCW 43.30.205 ; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that inclusion of tribal members on the board of natural resources will provide crucial perspective and expertise that will be invaluable as it makes decisions that serve the public.

Sec. 2. RCW 43.30.205 and 2025 c 94 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

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