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Committee advances riparian‑buffer bill after debate over scope, wetlands authority
2752901 · March 24, 2025
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Lawmakers voted to move HB 7174, concerning riparian buffers, to the floor after debate about the bill’s breadth and whether it would interfere with wetlands commissions and housing goals.
The Environment Committee voted to send House Bill 7174 to the floor after members debated how a statutory riparian‑buffer law would affect wetlands regulation, local land use and housing development.
Representative Mashinsky and others cautioned that broad mandatory buffers could place “do not…
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