SB6432 – Bans offshore oil projects and any oil or gas infrastructure on shorelines of statewide significance.
Prime Sponsor – Senator Rolfes (D; 23rd District; Bainbridge Island)
Current status –
In the Senate (Passed)
Amended and passed by the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology January 30th. Referred to the Senate Rules Committee. Amended by the prime sponsor on the floor and passed the Senate February 17th.

In the House –
Referred to the House Committee on Environment and Energy; had a hearing February 25th. Passed out of committee February 27th; referred to Rules.
Next step would be – Action by the Rules Committee.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Comments – The staff notes on the amendment say it clarifies the bill’s prohibition; I think the summary below is still right. (The sponsor’s amendment on the floor simply adjusted the bill’s descriptions of covered areas to match other statutory references.)

Summary –
The bill prohibits offshore drilling for oil or gas. It prohibits leasing state aquatic lands, tidelands, or submerged lands on the Pacific coast for purposes of oil or gas exploration, development, or production, or for infrastructure to handle extracted oil and gas transported through state waters off the coast. (The actual language in the bill is about “state waters associated with the outer continental shelf”; I’m not sure how much ocean this includes, but I think the definition in the bill extends to the 200 mile limit.)

It prohibits infrastructure for handling or transporting extracted gas and oil on the Shorelines Management Act’s shorelines of statewide significance.