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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT HOUSE BILL 2554 Chapter 16, Laws of 2026 69TH LEGISLATURE 2026 REGULAR SESSION NATURAL RESOURCES—MANAGEMENT—TREATY RIGHTS EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2026 Passed by the House February 13, 2026 Yeas 64 Nays 28 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 3, 2026 Yeas 47 Nays 2 DENNY HECK President of the Senate CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2554 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN Chief Clerk Chief Clerk Approved March 11, 2026 10:03 AM FILED March 12, 2026 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington HOUSE BILL 2554 Passed Legislature - 2026 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session By Representatives Lekanoff, Callan, Santos, Ryu, Parshley, Ramel, Doglio, Fitzgibbon, Cortes, Stearns, Obras, Pollet, Zahn, Nance, Reeves, Thomas, and Timmons Read first time 01/19/26. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources. AN ACT Relating to recognizing judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved fishing rights and promoting state-tribal cooperative agreements in the management of salmon, trout, and steelhead resources; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 77.110.010, 77.110.020, 77.110.030, 77.110.040, and 77.110.900. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that chapter 77.110 RCW is inconsistent with judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved fishing rights. The legislature also finds that chapter 77.110 RCW conflicts with well-established state-tribal cooperative fishery management agreements. Therefore, the legislature acknowledges that in order to keep its commitments and relationship with Pacific Northwest tribes and to avoid any legal confusion with current cooperative agreements, it is necessary to repeal chapter 77.110 RCW. NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed: (1) RCW 77.110.010 (Declaration) and 1985 c 1 s 1; (2) RCW 77.110.020 (Petition to congress) and 1985 c 1 s 2; (3) RCW 77.110.030 (Management of natural resources— State policy) and 1985 c 1 s 3; (4) RCW 77.110.040 (Declaration— Denial of rights based on race, sex, origin, or cultural heritage) and 1985 c 1 s 4; and (5) RCW 77.110.900 (Transmittal of act to president and congress— 1985 c 1) and 1985 c 1 s 5. Passed by the House February 13, 2026. Passed by the Senate March 3, 2026. Approved by the Governor March 11, 2026. Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 12, 2026.
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