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Committee hears bill to require consent-based, enforceable consultation with tribes over impacts to cultural places
Summary
Vice Chair Chris Stearns sponsored House Bill 2,281 to require state agencies to reach mutually agreed consultation processes with federally recognized tribes, give tribes timely notice about actions affecting tribal traditional cultural places, and bar undue burdens on tribal cultural practices absent a compelling government interest.
Vice Chair Chris Stearns presented House Bill 2,281 as a statutory backstop to protect tribal traditional cultural places and practices. The bill would require state agencies to make reasonable efforts to reach mutually agreed consultation processes with federally recognized tribes, provide timely notice when proposed agency action may affect tribal cultural places, and refrain from imposing an undue burden on tribal cultural practices unless a…
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