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Committee hears a package of environmental and natural‑resources bills on topics from CAFO permits to park passes
Summary
The committee considered more than a dozen additional bills including emergency CAFO permit language, invasive-species regulation, off‑highway vehicle oversight, state‑park fee and veterans‑notation updates, and technical changes to DNR licensing and heritage‑area funding. Most were presented with brief sponsor remarks and organizational support; no final actions were recorded in the transcript.
Beyond the headline items, the House Environment and Transportation Committee heard short presentations on a broad set of bills affecting natural resources, agriculture, parks and licensing.
Notable items included:
- SB 166 (Sen. Bailey): an administrative process to suspend or revoke shellfish aquaculture permits for flagrant violations. - SB 559 (Sen. Bailey): a recreational fishing data-collection program for striped bass under DNR to inform harvest policy. - SB 599 (Sen. Katie Fry Hester): an on-farm organics diversion and recycling grant program in the Department of Agriculture (House cross-file previously considered). - SB…
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