Ask your Senator to vote YES on HB1099 to ensure Washington cities and counties are planning for climate-resilient communities while reducing our contributions to the climate crisis. HB1099 will add a climate change goal and element to our state’s Growth Management Act that;

• Requires the largest and fastest-growing counties and cities to choose from a list of actions developed by the Department of Commerce to reduce their vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions to meet state goals for reduction,
• Requires all counties and cities planning under the Growth Management Act to plan to address the impact of climate hazards on people, property, and ecological systems,
• Includes a definition of environmental justice in the GMA and stipulates that our land-use planning should work to achieve environmental justice and not worsen existing environmental health disparities. 

HB1099 passed the House with a vote of 57-41. We need to let our Senators know that we expect them to follow suit and vote YES on this common-sense climate legislation.