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Committee recommends SB 202 to allow earlier mowing at private golf courses, sponsor cites safety and efficiency
Summary
Senate Bill 202 would align private golf-course mowing rules with public courses, allowing earlier morning mowing (compromise start time cited at 5:30 a.m.) so crews can finish faster and reduce conflicts with golfers; the committee favorably recommended the bill 5–0.
Senate Bill 202, sponsored by Senator McKay and discussed Jan. 29, would amend local mowing ordinances to allow private golf courses the same early-morning mowing allowances typically granted to public courses.
Senator McKay said the bill responds to operational differences between private and public courses: when private courses are restricted from mowing before 9 a.m., crews may spend the entire day mowing; allowing an early start (he said his regional proposal had sought 5:00 a.m. and the compromise became 5:30 a.m.) can let crews finish in a couple of hours and reduce conflicts between mowers and golfers. “When they start at 9AM, it would take them the entire day to mow. When they start at 05:30, they're done in 2 hours,” he said.
Committee members offered brief remarks, and the sponsor noted conversations with cities led to a compromise on start time. Senator McKay moved that the committee favorably recommend SB 202; the motion passed unanimously on a voice vote (recorded 5–0). The committee adjourned and the chair announced a room change for future meetings.
The committee’s action advanced SB 202 to the next procedural step in the legislative process.
