SB 5290 – Local permit review

Concerning consolidating local permit review processes.

Sponsors: By Senators Mullet, Kuderer, Fortunato, Liias, Nobles, Saldaña, Wilson, C.

Status:

Summary

• Requires local governments to exclude interior alterations from site plan review, except under certain conditions.
• Requires the Department of Commerce (Department) to establish a Consolidated Permit Review Grant Program to administer grants to local governments that agree to comply with a specified residential permit application timeline and that establish a fee structure to enable the local government to continue providing review within that timeline.
• Requires the Department to administer a grant program for local governments that are transitioning from paper permit review systems to digital systems.
• Requires the Department to convene a Digital Permitting Process Work Group to examine aspects of digital permitting systems, with a report to the Legislature and the Governor due August 1, 2024.