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CS/CS/HB 209: State Land Management

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee ; Snyder ; Gossett-Seidman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Anderson ; Bankson ; Barnaby ; Bartleman ; Basabe ; Black ; Campbell ; Casello ; Cobb ; Conerly ; Cross ; Driskell ; Dunkley ; Eskamani ; Gentry ; Grow ; Harris ; Hart ; Hinson ; Johnson ; Joseph ; Kendall ; López, J. ; Mayfield ; McFarland ; Nix ; Overdorf ; Plakon ; Plasencia ; Porras ; Redondo ; Robinson, W. ; Rosenwald ; Skidmore ; Tant ; Temple ; Tendrich ; Weinberger ; Woodson ; Yarkosky

State Land Management; Requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 5/1/2025 House - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/16/2025 House • Filed
1/22/2025 House • Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
2/28/2025 House • Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda
3/4/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/6/2025 House • Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
3/7/2025 House • Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in State Affairs Committee
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
4/4/2025 House • Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
4/8/2025 House • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
• Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
4/9/2025 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
4/10/2025 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
4/16/2025 House • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
4/16/2025 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Fiscal Policy
4/22/2025 Senate • Received
4/30/2025 Senate • Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 864
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/SB 80 -SJ 864
• Read 2nd time -SJ 864
• Amendment(s) adopted (592460) -SJ 864
• Read 3rd time -SJ 866
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 866
4/30/2025 House • In Messages
5/1/2025 House • Senate Message List
• Amendment 592460 Concur
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled