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Committee advances MEPA changes and air‑quality bill; one MEPA restoration measure fails and is tabled
Summary
The House Natural Resources Committee on Friday voted to advance a package of MEPA‑related changes and an air‑quality preemption bill while defeating and then tabling another MEPA restoration measure.
The House Natural Resources Committee on Friday conducted executive action on multiple bills, advancing two measures and rejecting another before tabling it.
After a brief discussion, the committee moved House Bill 270 to the floor on a voice vote; committee staff recapped the bill as prepared for executive action.
The committee then considered House Bill 285, a package of changes to the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA). Committee staff summarized HB 285 as amending and repealing sections in MEPA’s general provisions, replacing the act’s policy statement and retaining environmental‑impact‑statement requirements. After discussion, including multiple members’ remarks…
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