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Senate panel reviews draft amendment to S.328; removes default distance for municipal water area and adds farmworker housing update

Senate Natural Resources & Energy · March 21, 2026
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Summary

On March 20 the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee reviewed draft 3.2 to S.328: legislative counsel said the amendment removes default-feet language for the definition of 'area served by municipal water and sewer infrastructure,' allows municipalities and fire districts to set served areas, and inserts a required update on the 2021 farmworker housing needs assessment.

The Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee reviewed draft 3.2 of an amendment to S.328 on March 20, a proposal that would change how the statute defines areas served by municipal water and sewer systems and add a required update on farmworker housing.

Legislative counsel summarized the first change as removing an initial default-distance provision from the statutory definition and instead allowing a municipality (or fire district) to establish the area served by municipal water or sewer by ordinance or local law. Counsel said the…

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