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House Ag & Natural Resources advances four bills on DNR surveys, burn appeals, aquatic land indexing, and land-survey participation
Summary
The committee reported four bills out of committee on voice or roll-call votes: Substitute Senate Bill 51-70 (DNR land survey notice/participation), Senate Bill 53-34 (burn enforcement appeals), Senate Bill 56-56 (aquatic lands inflation metric), and Substitute Senate Bill 51-70 was also addressed; all moved with due-pass recommendations.
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on April 2 reported multiple bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations during its executive session.
Substitute Senate Bill 51-70: The committee voted to report substitute Senate Bill 51-70 (DNR land surveys notice and opportunity for participation) out of committee with a due-pass recommendation. Committee staff Lily Smith summarized the bill as adding notice and opportunity-for-participation requirements for DNR land surveys establishing boundaries; a striking amendment H-2025.2 by Representative Engel was noted and then withdrawn. Representative Dent and Chair Reeves encouraged a yes vote; the committee passed the standing committee report by voice/record (9 ayes, 1 nay, 1 excused). The bill requires notice before surveys, broadened inclusion of adjoining landowners, expanded opportunity-for-participation for more survey types, and a five-year DNR report back to the Legislature; the bill specifies it does not create a private right of action.
Senate Bill 53-34: The committee reported Senate Bill 53-34 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation by voice vote (10-0, 1 excused). Lily Smith described the measure as DNR-request legislation giving jurisdiction over appeals of burn enforcement actions to the Pollution Control Hearings Board. Members cited due-process reasons to support the bill.
Senate Bill 56-56: The committee reported Senate Bill 56-56 (changes the inflation-rate metric for aquatic lands; a companion to House Bill 1758) out of committee with a due-pass recommendation by voice vote (10-0, 1 excused). Members supported the companion change as providing more predictability for marina lease rates and tenants.
Procedural notes: Most of the actions were taken by voice vote or by the standing committee report form; staff (Zach) read recorded tallies where roll calls occurred. Representative McClintock was excused for several votes. Committee staff will publish the standing committee report forms with the official vote tallies and amendment statuses.
Ending: These committee actions forward the bills to the next House steps; members said they expect continued stakeholder engagement, and the committee will track any required DNR reports to the Legislature as specified in the bills.
