I'm sure there was a fair amount of arm twisting that went on to get the re-write of the original bill. Might not have made it out of committee without the changes. As currently written, it would remove gill nets from the Columbia and speed up the deadline. That's a step in the right direction.

The bill is now in the Senate Ways and Means committee. It has to be passed out of committee to the floor by Friday evening, March 1, or it won't see the floor of the Senate and would be dead for this year.

One of the sponsors said "...it needs a tremendous amount of support for that (getting out of Ways and Means) to happen..."

I looked at the Ways and Means committee hearing schedule and the bill isn't on the calendar any day this week. Looks like the Senate is going to be in Caucus all week. Would think if there is any hope down the road, it will be added to the Committee calendar.