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Division lists bills to watch, including mineral‑surety study, as 2025 session opens

Board of Oil, Gas and Mining · January 22, 2025
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Natasha Baliff, the division’s legislative coordinator, briefed the board on early 2025 legislation affecting minerals programs, including Senate Bill 34 directing a mineral surety study. The division expects follow‑up bills on brine, aggregate materials, and environmental litigation bonds and will provide weekly updates.

The Division of Oil, Gas and Mining gave the board a legislative preview Jan. 22, identifying bills already filed and others the division expects in the 2025 session.

Natasha Baliff, legislative and policy coordinator for the division, told the board the division has one numbered bill so far: Senate Bill 34, described by staff as a mineral‑surety study directed to the division and sponsored in the transcript by Senator Darren Owens. The study will…

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