Mike Kane, lobbyist and attorney for the state's seven public health districts, told the House Environment Committee, "The bill that you have before you would actually delete all of the rules not only of the Panhandle Health District, but of all of the other districts as well." Instead, he said, with the amendments he's worked out with HB 667 sponsor Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake, the bill as amended wouldn't do that, and instead would make several changes just in Panhandle Health District rules, including deleting  the 110 percent expansion limit on non-compliant sewage systems and deleting a dual-drainfield rule. Kane drew lots of questions from committee members, including questions about the precedent the bill would set.

"We have had some very frank, open discussions," Kane told the committee. "We are asking you to send this bill to the floor to the amending order to adopt our amendments. We believe that this is a beginning. We also believe there are some other things out there that need fixing, and we are in the middle of putting together an action plan with the department on how to deal with these issues." The idea behind the amendments, Kane said, is to make things more uniform statewide without impacting needed regional rules.