The bill creates a new chapter in Title 77 RCW that requires the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify one or more alternate locations to relocate the Bob Oke game farm, to first evaluate whether property it already owns or manages is suitable, and to perform site predesign work, relocation planning, and remediation design for the existing site. It requires the department to submit capital appropriation requests in the 2027–2029 and 2029–2031 biennia for predesign, relocation, and remediation funding; to produce a predesign relocation report after site evaluations and a relocation report to the governor and relevant legislative committees; to prepare design work and a remediation plan with specified elements for the current Bob Oke site; and to coordinate relocation planning with the Department of Enterprise Services while ensuring continuity of wildlife management functions and an orderly wind down at the current site. The bill defines key terms including “alternate location,” “Bob Oke game farm,” “department,” and “public water system,” records that groundwater monitoring identified elevated nitrate concentrations in 2024–2025 and that a groundwater investigation was completed in November 2025, and lists local and state entities to be consulted. Legally, this is a new statutory chapter establishing procedural requirements and reporting and capital request duties for the Department of Fish and Wildlife; it does not create a new crime or change penalties. Sections 1–4 of the act expire June 30, 2033. The bill text in the provided facts does not specify the exact RCW chapter number to be added, whether section 6 itself expires, the detailed roles or criteria from the Department of Enterprise Services, Department of Ecology, or Office of Financial Management, specific remediation elements or capital funding amounts, or precise timelines for the “swift and reasonable” site identification and “orderly wind down.”

If enacted, the Department of Fish and Wildlife will be required to identify and evaluate one or more relocation sites for the Bob Oke game farm, prioritize sites the department already owns or manages, produce a predesign report after site evaluations, and file a relocation report to the governor and legislative committees. The department must request capital funding in the 2027–2029 biennium for predesign and remediation design work and again in the 2029–2031 biennium for actual relocation and for full remediation of the current site, and it must continue seeking funding until each task is completed. Groundwater monitoring showed elevated nitrate levels in 2024–2025 and an investigation finished in November 2025, which is the immediate context driving these requirements. The most affected party is the Department of Fish and Wildlife, which will face new planning, reporting, coordination, and likely increased costs and staff time to evaluate sites, design remediation, keep wildlife functions running during a wind-down, and repeatedly pursue capital appropriations. The Department of Enterprise Services, Department of Ecology, local governments, water utilities, tribes, and residents served by the Fords Prairie aquifer will be consulted and involved, and residents may see reduced contamination risk if relocation and remediation are funded and completed. Key uncertainties remain about exact funding amounts, the meaning of “swift and reasonable” timing for relocation and wind-down, whether section 6 itself expires, and how quickly appropriations will be approved, so the timeline and ultimate outcomes are not certain.