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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 819

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Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administrative rules Administrative rules — Revisions Forestry Forfeiture Indians and tribal issues Municipality Natural resources department of — Environmental protection

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources administers an urban

forestry grants program to provide grants to municipalities and nonprofit

organizations to undertake various tree projects in urban areas.

This bill requires DNR, under the urban forestry grants program, to also award

grants of up to $100,000 to municipalities, federally recognized American Indian

tribes or bands located in this state, and nonprofit organizations to plant trees to

reduce the effects of urban heat islands. The bill defines an “urban heat island” as

an urban or metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than the surrounding

natural land cover. The bill increases funding for the urban forestry grant program

by $500,000 in the 2023-24 fiscal year from the conservation fund to provide these

new grants and allows DNR to promulgate emergency rules to administer the grant

program. The bill also clarifies that federally recognized American Indian tribes or

bands located in this state are also eligible for the other types of grants under the

existing program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Clancy (D) , Considine (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

10 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Haywood (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Drake, Subeck, Stubbs, Considine, Moore Omokunde, Emerson, Andraca, Jacobson, Palmeri, Joers, Neubauer, Ratcliff, Baldeh, J. Anderson, Ohnstad, Clancy, Shelton, Sinicki, Vining, C. Anderson, Madison and Shankland; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, L. Johnson, Roys, Agard, Spreitzer, Hesselbein, Smith, Carpenter and Larson

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment

  3. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Haywood added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1