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Committee holds groundwater mapping bill for interim study after data concerns
House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee · February 23, 2026
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Summary
The committee voted to hold HB 533 (second sub) and send it to interim study after hearing testimony about limited groundwater data and concerns about how conservation and banking affect recharge; sponsors and experts supported further study.
Representative Kohler introduced HB 533 (second substitute), a study proposal to examine groundwater recharge and the connections between irrigation returns, septic or secondary water returns, and basin groundwater that ultimately supports surface flows to the…
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