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Committee advances bill to surface DCNR wildfire reporting to the legislature
Summary
Representative Stender said House Bill 1380, with an adopted amendment, would make a report DCNR already prepares available to the legislature and align data points with agency practice; the committee advanced the bill unanimously as amended.
Representative Stender offered an amendment to House Bill 13 80 that he said adjusts data points to match what the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) already reports and does not add extra workload. He said the underlying report is already completed by DCNR and the state fire warden but that pushing the report to the legislature would help lawmakers understand how a portion of the state budget is used on state‑owned land and wildfire work.
Stender described the measure as a bipartisan effort to streamline reporting; the amendment (01594) was adopted on the record and committee members praised the stakeholder engagement in crafting the bill. The committee recorded no negative votes and advanced the bill as amended to the floor for consideration.
No fiscal note or implementation timetable was discussed in the transcript.
