S-4589.1
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6309
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Senate Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Liias, Alvarado, and Saldaña)
READ FIRST TIME 02/03/26.
AN ACT Relating to enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects; amending RCW 36.70B.170 , 19.27.095 , 36.70B.070 , 58.17.040 , and 58.17.040 ; adding a new section to chapter 81.112 RCW; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 36.70B.170 and 1995 c 347 s 502 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A local government may enter into a development agreement with a person having ownership or control of real property within its jurisdiction. A city may enter into a development agreement for real property outside its boundaries as part of a proposed annexation or a service agreement. A development agreement must set forth the development standards and other provisions that shall apply to and govern and vest the development, use, and mitigation of the development of the real property for the duration specified in the agreement. A development agreement shall be consistent with applicable development regulations adopted by a local government planning under chapter 36.70A RCW , except that a development agreement with a regional transit authority established under chapter 81.112 RCW may set forth development standards that vary from otherwise applicable development regulations in order to accommodate development of the facilities of the regional transit authority .