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Committee votes not to recommend SB 345 after parks official warns residency checks could bottleneck access
Summary
Committee voted 14–1 to not recommend Senate Bill 345, which would change residency treatment for state‑park access; State Parks deputy Sean Hamilton warned residency verification would be operationally difficult and could slow park entrance and reservations.
A legislative committee on Friday voted 14–1 to not recommend Senate Bill 345, which would alter how state parks treat resident versus nonresident visitors for fees or access. The committee heard from Sean Hamilton, deputy supervisor of park operations, who described operational constraints and the limits of current reservation systems.
Hamilton told the committee that the division has undertaken a systematic review of fees over the last…
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