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 amendment replaces the term "soil bioengineering" with "nonstructural nature based solutions" and requires tribal representation on the advisory committee). The committee adopted the dash‑4 amendment on a roll call. The committee then moved SB 504, as amended, to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation and referral to Ways and Means. The fiscal impact cited on the record was corrected to $268,488 (general fund appropriation to DLCD for a limited‑duration planner 4 and an allocation to the Attorney General for review). The committee reported the final recorded vote on SB 504 as 5 to nothing in favor.

- Senate Bill 793 (dash‑1 amendment): The committee adopted the dash‑1 amendment dated 01/28/2025; the amendment adoption vote was recorded as 3‑2 (ayes: Senators Brzezinski, Taylor, Chair Golden; nays: Senator Dirac and Vice Chair Nash). The committee then moved SB 793, as amended, to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation and referral to Ways and Means by prior reference; the measure passed in committee (detailed final tally not specified in the transcript excerpt).

- Senate Bill 795 (dash‑1 amendment): The committee adopted the dash‑1 amendment (02/14/2025) on a roll call and subsequently moved SB 795 dash‑1 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation; roll call on the amendment and the pass to floor were recorded as ayes by the clerk (individual votes recorded in the transcript excerpt include Senator Durand, Senator Przanski, Senator Taylor, Vice Chair Nash and Chair Golden voting in the affirmative on the amendment).

- Senate Bill 812 and Senate Bill 830: The committee moved both SB 812 and SB 830 to the floor with due‑pass recommendations in short work‑session votes; roll calls recorded ayes and the measures were reported out of committee (detailed roll‑call tallies not included in the excerpt).

Committee members asked staff to clarify fiscal notes and amendment dates during the proceedings; staff corrected a fiscal figure on the record and supplied amendment dates when requested. Where full roll‑call tallies were not explicitly read into the excerpt, the committee clerk recorded the outcome and the measures were reported to the floor.

Votes at a glance (committee actions recorded during the Feb. 25 work sessions): - LC 4,004 and LC 4,082 — introduced (motion by Vice Chair Nash; roll‑call aye votes recorded). - SB 494 — moved to floor as amended; referral to Ways and Means requested (motion carried; clerk recorded ayes). - SB 504 (dash‑4) — dash‑4 amendment adopted on roll call; bill moved to floor with due pass and referral to Ways and Means; fiscal impact corrected to $268,488; final committee vote recorded 5‑0. - SB 793 (dash‑1) — dash‑1 amendment adopted 3‑2 (Brzezinski, Taylor, Chair Golden aye; Dirac, Vice Chair Nash no); bill moved to floor with referral to Ways and Means by prior reference. - SB 795 (dash‑1) — dash‑1 adopted; bill passed to the floor with due pass recommendation. - SB 812 — passed to the floor with due pass recommendation. - SB 830 — passed to the floor with due pass recommendation.

What this means: Several measures now move to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means for fiscal consideration, and multiple bills carry committee amendments that will be part of their subsequent floor files. Committee staff will later publish official roll‑call records and amendment language; the clerk’s recorded outcomes are the operative record for the committee’s actions on Feb. 25.

Reported motions and movers (selected): Vice Chair Nash moved both the introduction of the two LCs and several motions to adopt amendments and to move bills to the floor; other motions were made by committee members as noted on the record.

The committee then closed its work sessions and proceeded to the public hearing on SB 427.