Committee introduces rulemaking package bringing forest-products commission rules into law

Jan 19, 2026

Rep. Judy Boyle presented RS32850 to move existing forest-products commission rules into statute; vice chair Charlie Shepherd moved its introduction and the committee approved the motion by voice vote. Boyle said the commission is industry-funded by mills, processors and loggers.

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Rep. Judy Boyle introduced RS32850, describing it as a statutory conversion of existing rules governing the Forest Products Commission into law. "This is RS 3 2 8 5 0," Boyle said, adding that "they are the commission who tries to educate everybody out there in the public about timber and wood products" and that the commission's work is funded by the timber industry — mills, processors and loggers.

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