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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 147

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Relating to: membership in county land conservation committees.

County — Board Land use planning and control

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, each county board must create a land conservation

committee and must appoint to the committee a person from the county's U.S.

Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA). This bill removes the

requirement to appoint an FSA member to a county land conservation committee and

replaces it with a requirement to appoint a person who is engaged in an agricultural

use. “Agricultural use” is defined as crop or forage production; keeping livestock;

beekeeping; nursery, sod, or Christmas tree production; floriculture; aquaculture;

fur farming; and forest management.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Cowles (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Pfaff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

17 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Considine (D) , Edming (R) , Kurtz (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Penterman (R) , Rozar (R) , Schutt (R) , Shelton (D) , Tranel (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 8, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Apr 3, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Cowles, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff, Spreitzer, Testin and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Schutt, Armstrong, C. Anderson, Behnke, Bodden, Edming, Kurtz, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rozar and Tranel

  2. Apr 3, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Apr 7, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Considine added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 13, 2023 · Senate

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Shelton added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 20, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1