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CDA staff brief commissioners on several bills and warn of tight state budget ahead of Nov. 1 release
Summary
Policy staff told the Ag Commission several bills from the water and agriculture interim committee will be introduced in regular session, including gender-neutral updates to Title 35, confidentiality for wildlife depredation payment applications, energy-exemption clarifications for agricultural buildings, and ranch-property tax-definition changes. Staff also warned of an anticipated $1 billion general-fund shortfall in next year’s governor’s budget.
Jordan, the department’s legislative/policy staffer, told the commission on Oct. 16 that the Water Resources and Agricultural Review Committee voted to move several bills forward and that many required a two-thirds bipartisan vote in the interim committee. Jordan described four bills commissioners should watch in the regular session:
- A bill to remove gendered language from Title 35 of the agricultural statutes to ensure references to the commissioner and the state veterinarian use neutral titles rather than male pronouns.
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