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Committee called to order; Chair (addressed as 'Madam Chair' and later identified in the transcript as Chair Reeves) reviewed rules for public hearings, remote participation, speaking procedures, and asked testifiers to repeat their names and organizations for the public record.
The Washington House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held public hearings on three Department of Natural Resources (DNR)-related bills: HB 2104 to make the Aviation Assurance Funding Program permanent; HB 2348 to modernize timber and land-sale advertising and procedures; and HB 2454 to raise the surface-mine permit acreage threshold from 3 to 7 acres. Testimony included DNR staff, the state forester, local fire chiefs, industry groups, and small-business owners; no final votes were taken.
