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Committee tables bill that would curb nonprofit leases of state agricultural lands

House Natural Resources Committee · March 3, 2025
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Summary

Lawmakers debated and amended a bill that would bar nonprofits from leasing state lands; an amendment narrowed the ban to land classified for agricultural or grazing use, but the committee later voted to table the amended bill 9–5.

Lawmakers in the House Natural Resources Committee debated House Bill 647, a proposal that would prohibit leasing certain state lands to nonprofit organizations.

Committee staff summarized the bill and the proposed amendment that narrows the measure: the amendment would limit the prohibition to state lands classified for agricultural or grazing use and would remove provisions affecting mineral, coal and…

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