Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on July 7, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 3226
Requires State Board of Forestry to establish criteria for preserving natural resource values on forestland.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Requires State Board of Forestry to establish criteria for preserving natural resource values on forestland. Requires forest management plan for certain forestlands. Requires that plan include provision for establishment of late successional and old-growth forest area. Establishes certification program for preparers of forest management plans. Requires timber harvest plan prior to commencing timber harvesting operation on forestland. Establishes riparian management area requirements for waterways on forestlands. Prohibits or limits forest operations within riparian management areas. Declares policy regarding forest roads. Imposes criteria for forest roads. Requires road plan for roads on other lands necessary to make timber harvest on forestland practicable. Restricts timber harvest and forest road construction in areas with landslide risk. Allows local government to impose public trust resource protections on forestland exceeding protections provided under state law. Changes geographic basis for board standards regarding forest practices. Expands list of resources to be maintained under standards. Expands list of resources board must inventory for protection purposes.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
March 1 to July 7, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 1 to Jul 7 · stopped128 days
Waiting for a committeeMar 1 to Mar 65 days
Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMar 6 to Jul 7 · stopped123 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 1 – Jul 7
- Mar 1Introduced
- Mar 6Sent to Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Mar 30Heard in Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Jul 7Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Mar 1First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Mar 6Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources.House of Representatives
- Mar 30Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jul 7In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives