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Committee adopts amendment, refers nitrogen‑efficiency incentive bill to State and Local Government
Summary
Senate File 15‑75, a bill creating incentives to improve nitrogen efficiency and protect water quality, was amended in committee to clarify data‑privacy language and the bill was recommended to pass and be re‑referred to the Senate Committee on State and Local Government without recommendation.
Senators debated Senate File 15‑75, a bill that would create an incentive program to help farmers improve nitrogen efficiency and reduce nitrate contamination of groundwater. The measure aims to fund emerging biological nitrogen sources and technologies and to incentivize best management practices that reduce leaching and volatilization.
Senate counsel and proponents described a data‑privacy provision on page 2,…
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