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Jan. 10, 2023 - Top 2023 WA Leg environmental bills
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Top environmental bills on the 2023 WA Legislative agenda.
Proposed policies include planting trees and steering people away from gas-powered cars — but nothing as ambitious as years past.
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Jan. 10, 2023 - Top 2023 WA Leg environmental bills
1/10/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Proposed policies include planting trees and steering people away from gas-powered cars — but nothing as ambitious as years past.
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Environmental measures will be up for discussion during the 2023 Washington State legislative session.
Lawmakers are expected to spend a lot of time divvying up income from the state's new cap in trade law that went into effect January 1st.
Other environmental bills expected this session include the revival of a House bill likely to pass this year, that would add climate considerations to city and county land use planning.
It would require local governments to review, and if needed revise their plans and development regulations every eight years.
And Senator Curtis King, a Republican on the Senate Transportation Committee, has introduced a bill to provide tax breaks to people buying hybrid cars.
He says hybrids provide an affordable stepping stone for lower income people who cannot yet afford electric cars.
I'm Starla Sampaco.
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