A few updates from Jim Hedrick, regarding two maritime-industry related Bills in the State Legislature: 

HB 1906 - Changing the vessel length requirement in obtaining nonresident vessel permits. Passed House 97-0. Scheduled for hearing in the Senate Transportation Committee Tuesday (Feb 20). Worth Avenue Yachts and Northwest Marine Trade Association support. 
The Bill: Increases the allowable maximum length of nonresident vessels that are commercially owned or intended for chartering purposes, for the purposes of obtaining a nonresident vessel permit from the Department of Licensing, from 200 to 300 feet; requires a fee for a nonresident vessel permit for commercially-owned vessels between 201 and 300 feet of $42 per foot of vessel length, beginning May 1, 2025.

HB 1919 – Modifying the process by which a private moorage facility may sell an abandoned vessel for failure to pay moorage fees. Passed the House 97-0. Scheduled for hearing and committee vote  in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks on Monday (Feb 19).  Northwest Marine Trade Association; Elliott Bay Marina support. 
The Bill: Changes, from 90 days to 45 days, the amount of notice that a private moorage operator must provide to a vessel owner before a vessel may be sold for failure to pay moorage fees. Changes, from 60 days to 40 days, the timeline by which a lawsuit to challenge the validity of a private moorage facility's impoundment of a vessel must be commenced.