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Detailed Committee Information		2017 January
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The 65th Regular Session of the Montana Legislature adjourned Sine Die on April 28th, 2017.
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Committee Name:(H) Natural Resources
Normal Room:172
Normal Days:MWF
Normal Time:3:00 PM

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Scheduled Hearings

DateTimeRoomBill Type - NumberShort TitlePrimary SponsorComments
10-APR-173:00 PM172SB 330   Current Text in .HTML format      Provide for property assessed clean energy financingChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
10-APR-173:00 PM172SB 342   Current Text in .HTML format      Good neighbor forestry to encourage economic developmentChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
07-APR-173:00 PM172SB 232   Current Text in .HTML format    Provide for off-highway trail passPat Connell  (R) SD 43 
05-APR-173:00 PM172SB 313   Current Text in .HTML format      Allow variance for stream restoration projects in flood plainJon C Sesso  (D) SD 37 
05-APR-173:00 PM172SB 337   Current Text in .HTML format      Eliminate board of environmental reviewDuane Ankney  (R) SD 20 
05-APR-173:00 PM172SB 363   Current Text in .HTML format      Generally revise aquatic invasive speciesChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
31-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 235   Current Text in .HTML format      Allow extension of coal lease on state landsTom Richmond  (R) SD 28 
28-MAR-175 PM172HB 659   Current Text in .HTML format  Revise exempt well lawsBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
24-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 622   Current Text in .HTML format      Generally revise laws related to invasive speciesMike Cuffe  (R) HD 2 
24-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 629   Current Text in .HTML format      Study issues related to water rightsTheresa Manzella  (R) HD 85 
24-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 644   Current Text in .HTML format      Prohibit interference with aerial wildfire suppressionWillis Curdy  (D) HD 98 
24-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 646   Current Text in .HTML format      Generally revise laws on aquatic invasive speciesMark Noland  (R) HD 10 
24-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 651   Current Text in .HTML format      Revise laws related to public access projectsMatt Regier  (R) HD 4 
22-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 597   Current Text in .HTML format    Create voluntary contribution account to acquire public access easementsAlan Doane  (R) HD 36 
22-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 314   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise off-highway vehicle/recreational vehicle lawsChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
20-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 584   Current Text in .HTML format  Expand state reservation of watersBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
20-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 587   Current Text in .HTML format  Provide for certified prescribed burningRay L Shaw  (R) HD 71 
20-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 593   Current Text in .HTML format  Revise metal mining lawsNate McConnell  (D) HD 89 
15-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 281   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise use of fire suppression account fundsChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
15-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 287   Current Text in .HTML format    Reallocate funds related to Blackfeet Tribe water compactLlew Jones  (R) SD 9 
15-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 315   Current Text in .HTML format    Create Libby asbestos cleanup advisory team and fundingChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
13-MAR-173:00 PM172HB 489   Current Text in .HTML format    Provide regulations for moored vesselsMark Noland  (R) HD 10 
13-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 15     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise collection of payment for historic rights of wayJill Cohenour  (D) SD 42 
13-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 284   Current Text in .HTML format    generally revise laws related to sage grouseMike Lang  (R) SD 17 
10-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 46     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise laws on forest reserve money kept in state treasuryChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
10-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 48     Current Text in .HTML format    Direct DEQ to assume dredge-and-fill permitting programChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
08-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 24     Current Text in .HTML format    Modify commercial leasing rental provisions for state landsJeffrey W Welborn  (R) SD 36 
08-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 248   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise laws regarding exempt wells and family transfer parcelsMark Blasdel  (R) SD 4 
08-MAR-173:00 PM172SB 42     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise the major facility siting actDick Barrett  (D) SD 45 
24-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 546   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise volume for exempt water rightBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
24-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 547   Current Text in .HTML format    Define combined appropriation of waterBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
24-FEB-173:00 PM172HJ 11     Current Text in .HTML format    Joint resolution honoring public landsVirginia Court  (D) HD 50 
24-FEB-173:00 PM172HJ 15     Current Text in .HTML format    Resolution urging the delisting of grizzly bearsSteve Gunderson  (R) HD 1 
22-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 498   Current Text in .HTML format    Extend sunset provision for unlocking public lands programJon A Knokey  (R) HD 65 
22-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 513   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise laws related to water compactsNancy Ballance  (R) HD 87 
22-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 540   Current Text in .HTML format    Generally revise laws related to aquatic invasive speciesMark Noland  (R) HD 10 
22-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 555   Current Text in .HTML format    Terminate Reserved Water Rights Compact CommissionNancy Ballance  (R) HD 87 
20-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 481   Current Text in .HTML format    Authorize local government to take action on wildfiresBob Brown  (R) HD 13 
20-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 502   Current Text in .HTML format    Clarify recreational prospecting exemptionJean Price  (D) HD 24 
20-FEB-173:00 PM172HJ 9      Current Text in .HTML format    Resolution supporting the release of certain wilderness study areasKerry White  (R) HD 64 
17-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 460   Current Text in .HTML format    Allowing use of fire suppression funds for workers compensationRoss H Fitzgerald  (R) HD 17 
15-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 432   Current Text in .HTML format    Clarify water right not abandoned if conveyance disruptedBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
15-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 433   Current Text in .HTML format    Prohibit condemnation of agricultural waterBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
13-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 424   Current Text in .HTML format    Recognizing source watershedsZach Brown  (D) HD 63 
13-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 429   Current Text in .HTML format    Water permit exemption for fire department operationsMike Cuffe  (R) HD 2 
08-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 360   Current Text in .HTML format    Establish Surface Water Assessment and Monitoring ProgramBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
08-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 368   Current Text in .HTML format    Establish setbacks for wells and lagoonsWalt Sales  (R) HD 69 
06-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 337   Current Text in .HTML format      Require water reservation report by 2026Bradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
06-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 344   Current Text in .HTML format      Provide funding for coal bed methane protection programGeraldine Custer  (R) HD 39 
01-FEB-173:00 PM172HB 339   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise laws related to exempt appropriations of waterCarl Glimm  (R) HD 6 
25-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 228   Current Text in .HTML format    Provide funding for sage grouse stewardshipJim Keane  (D) HD 73 
25-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 263   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise analysis of Muddy Creek water rightsRoss H Fitzgerald  (R) HD 17 
23-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 110   Current Text in .HTML format      Revise laws for filing of exempt water right claimsBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
18-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 211   Current Text in .HTML format    Require sage grouse population reportBradley Hamlett  (D) HD 23 
16-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 124   Current Text in .HTML format    Require education program for water commissionersSharon Stewart Peregoy  (D) HD 42 
16-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 140   Current Text in .HTML format    Clarify water commissioner appointmentsSharon Stewart Peregoy  (D) HD 42 
16-JAN-173:00 PM172HJ 3      Current Text in .HTML format    Interim study of water right change processZach Brown  (D) HD 63 
13-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 104   Current Text in .HTML format      Statutory appropriation for Ground Water Investigation ProgramCarl Glimm  (R) HD 6 
13-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 107   Current Text in .HTML format      Establish Surface Water Assessment and Monitoring ProgramCarl Glimm  (R) HD 6 
13-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 99     Current Text in .HTML format      Limit adverse effects analysisZach Brown  (D) HD 63 
11-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 53     Current Text in .HTML format    Repeal assessment computation statute for conservation districtsZach Brown  (D) HD 63 
11-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 54     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise water right abandonment laws to account for drought plansZach Brown  (D) HD 63 
11-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 78     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise temporary water right lease lawsRyan Lynch  (D) HD 76 
09-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 38     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise allowable harvest volume for certain state land timber harvestWillis Curdy  (D) HD 98 
09-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 48     Current Text in .HTML format    Clarify definition of water right changeBob Brown  (R) HD 13 
09-JAN-173:00 PM172HB 49     Current Text in .HTML format    Clarify process for updating water right transfersBob Brown  (R) HD 13 

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Committee Members

MemberAssignment
Kerry White  (R) HD 64Chair
Zach Brown  (D) HD 63Vice Chair
Theresa Manzella  (R) HD 85Vice Chair
Kim Abbott  (D) HD 83Member
Bob Brown  (R) HD 13Member
Virginia Court  (D) HD 50Member
Willis Curdy  (D) HD 98Member
Ross H Fitzgerald  (R) HD 17Member
John Fleming  (D) HD 93Member
Kelly Flynn  (R) HD 70Member
Wylie Galt  (R) HD 30Member
Steve Gunderson  (R) HD 1Member
Dale Mortensen  (R) HD 44Member
Mark Noland  (R) HD 10Member
Jonathan Windy Boy  (D) HD 32Member
Joe KolmanLegislative Branch Staffer
Lexi GobleSecretary

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