HJR4209 – Adding a section to the Washington Constitution on the conservation and protection of the state’s natural resources.
Prime Sponsor – Representative Lekanoff (D; 40th District; San Juans & Anacortes) (Co-Sponsor Representative Berry – D)
Current status – Continued hearing in the House Committee on Environment and Energy Thursday February 3rd at 10:00 AM.
Next step would be – Action by the committee.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.
SJR8210 is a companion bill in the Senate.

Summary –
The resolution would submit an amendment to Article I of the Constitution to the voters for their approval and ratification, or rejection. It would affirm that the people of the state, including future generations, have the right to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, healthy ecosystems, and a stable climate, and to the preservation of the natural, cultural, scenic, and healthful qualities of the environment. It would declare that the State and its political subdivisions shall serve as trustee of those natural resources and conserve, protect, and maintain them for the benefit of all the people, including future generations. It would specify that those rights are inherent, inalienable, and indefeasible, are among the rights reserved to all the people, and are on par with other protected inalienable rights. It would declare that the State and its political subdivisions shall equitably protect these rights for all people regardless of their race, ethnicity, geography, or wealth, and shall act with prudence, loyalty, impartiality, and equitable treatment of all beneficiaries in fulfilling its trustee obligations.