decision: Senate Bill 6091 - WA residents can now drill new wells - 01/23/18 02:29 PM

NEWS FROM OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON yesterday is very good for Mason County rural land owners who want to dig a new well. Back-to-back votes ended a yearlong standoff created by the state Supreme Court’s Hirst ruling. Senate Bill 6091 received bipartisan support in both chambers and passed by comfortable margins, 35-14 in the Senate and 66-30 in the House.  Gov. Jay Inslee issued a statement saying he will sign the Hirst bill. 
For those who have not kept up on this issue, the Washington Supreme Court's 2016 decision in Whatcom County v. Hirst (commonly known as the Hirst decision was based on the assumption that … (5 comments)