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Committee votes to indefinitely postpone HB 595 on coastal resilience zones
Summary
The Resources, Recreation and Development Committee voted ITL (inexpedient to legislate) on HB 595, a coastal resilience zones bill; the sponsor signaled plans to reintroduce a reworked proposal and committee members supported deferral for more targeted legislation.
Representative Nabb, a member of the Resources, Recreation and Development Committee, opened discussion on HB 595, legislation described by the sponsor as an effort to address flooding and coastal resilience statewide, including inland flood risk from rivers and storm events.
Committee members described the bill as complex and said the sponsor intends to split the proposal into smaller components for next year. Representative Nabb said the sponsor supports an ITL (inexpedient to legislate) recommendation so the work can be reintroduced in more manageable parts.
In executive session the committee voted to recommend ITL. The motion was seconded and passed by unanimous consent on the committee’s consent calendar.
Committee discussion emphasized the need for continued work on resilience and adaptation to storm flooding but concluded this particular bill should be retooled and returned as separate, targeted proposals.
