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HOUSE BILL 273

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H0273   by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
APPROPRIATIONS – DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES – Appropriates $20,683,200 to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2016; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 152; appropriates and transfers $716,000 from the Revolving Development Fund to the Aquifer Planning and Management Fund; and provides legislative intent for the director to commence a water rights adjudication of the Palouse River Basin.
  03/16 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing  
  03/17 Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading  
  03/18 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading  
  Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read three times – PASSED - 46-24-0
AYES – Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Bateman, Bell, Beyeler, Burtenshaw, Chew, Clow, Collins, DeMordaunt, Erpelding, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hartgen, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc, Loertscher, Malek, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Monks, Moyle, Packer, Pence, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Romrell, Rubel, Rudolph, Rusche, Thompson, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Wills, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Barbieri, Batt, Boyle, Chaney, Cheatham, Crane, Dayley, Dixon, Gannon, Harris, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Luker, McMillan, Mendive, Nate, Nielsen, Nye, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Sims, Smith, Vander Woude
Absent and excused – None
Floor Sponsor - Burtenshaw
Title apvd - to Senate
 
  03/19 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading  
  Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance  
  Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading  
  03/20 Read second time; filed for Third Reading  
  03/24 Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES – Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Cameron, Davis, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lacey, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, McKenzie, Nonini, Nuxoll, Patrick, Rice, Schmidt, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Tippets, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder
NAYS – None
Absent and excused – Mortimer
Floor Sponsor - Bair
Title apvd - to House
 
  03/25 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling  
  Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate  
  03/26 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker  
  Signed by President; returned to House  
  03/27 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor  
  03/30 Delivered to Governor at 10:58 a.m. on March 27, 2015  
  04/01 Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2015
    Session Law Chapter 215
    Effective: 07/01/2015