Requiring the water resources coordinating council to make recommendations for a pilot project for universal riparian buffers

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 6, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 12, 2019
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requires the water resources coordinating council to make recommendations for a pilot project involving the installation of riparian buffers consisting of perennial vegetation adjacent to waters of the state. The pilot project is to establish water quality practices, protect state water resources, stabilize soil, protect riparian corridors, and provide for buffers along shorelines. The council is required to prepare and submit a report to the governor and general assembly not later than January 13, 2020.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named March 12, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Jerry Behn R
• Sen. Robert Hogg D
• Sen. Tim L. Kapucian R

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