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Committee approves bill removing permit option for restricting access to forest land in high fire danger
Summary
House Bill 2817 passed a work session in the Senate Natural Resources and Wildfire Committee; the measure eliminates 'permit closure' as a separate option for restricting access to forest land exposed to fire danger, leaving only conditional and absolute restrictions as tools for foresters.
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire closed a work session on April 22 on House Bill 2817 and moved the bill forward with a due‑pass recommendation.
Committee staff summarized that HB 2817 eliminates permit closure as an option for restricting access to forest land exposed to fire danger; under current practice there are three restriction types—conditional, absolute and permit restriction for special high fire conditions as determined by the forester—and the bill removes the permit restriction option so only conditional or absolute restrictions would remain.
The committee moved the bill to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. The clerk called the roll and members recorded aye votes; a committee member volunteered to carry the bill to the floor and the work session was closed with the measure recorded as passing.
Ending notes: The committee recorded the measure as passing the work session and a member said they would carry it to the floor; no amendments were reported in the transcript excerpt.
