Senate Natural Resources committee advances several bills; SB 504 dash‑4 approved and referred to Ways and Means with a $268,488 fiscal note

The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire used part of its Feb. 25 meeting for work sessions to introduce two legislative concepts and advance several bills to the floor, many with amendments and requests for referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.

Early in the session the committee approved introduction of two legislative concepts (LC 4,004 dated 02/19/2025 and LC 4,082 dated 02/20/2025). Vice Chair Nash moved the introduction and the clerk recorded the affirmative votes; the concepts were introduced for committee drafting and further discussion.

The committee then considered multiple bills in short work sessions and recorded the following formal actions and outcomes (votes where recorded are shown):

- Senate Bill 494: Committee moved SB 494 as amended to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation and requested referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Roll call was taken and the motion passed (roll-call ayes recorded by the clerk; full tally not specified in the transcript excerpt).

- Senate Bill 504 (dash‑4 amendment): Staff read the bill’s purpose (directing the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules allowing nonstructural, nature‑based shoreline stabilization solutions; the dash‑4…