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Subcommittee advances DOGAMI budget with measures to expand carbon sequestration, e‑permitting and mine oversight
Summary
The Ways and Means Natural Resources Subcommittee forwarded House Bill 5010, the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) budget, to the full committee with amendments after approving Legislative Fiscal Office recommendations that increase staffing, add e‑permitting funding and fund pilot geological carbon sequestration work.
Subcommittee co‑chairs moved the Legislative Fiscal Office recommendation on House Bill 5010 on June 3, 2025, forwarding the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries’ biennial budget to the Ways and Means full committee with a due‑pass recommendation.
The recommendation sets the department’s 2025–27 budget at $36,745,672 — including $10,687,685 general fund, $20,069,258 other funds and $5,988,729 federal funds — and provides for 50 positions (48.8 FTE). The LFO said the recommended budget represents a roughly 53.1% increase over the 2023–25 legislatively approved budget and a 65.3% increase over current service level, driven primarily by five policy packages and 14 additional positions (12.8 FTE).
The budget packages include: $1.8 million…
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