Noes: 0 - None.
ANDRÉ JACQUE
Chairperson
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The committee on Natural Resources and Energy reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 715
Relating to: grants and funding for water stewardship certification, a grazing coordinator position, producer-led watershed protection grants, lake protection, soil and water conservation, and crop insurance premium rebates for cover crops; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Olsen, Marklein, Miller and Hansen.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 718
Relating to: creating a pilot grant program for farmers to reduce nitrate loading, funding research for nitrate loading reduction methods, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Olsen, Marklein, Miller and Hansen.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Olsen, Marklein, Miller and Hansen.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 722
Relating to: supporting the Center for Watershed Science and Education, creating a hydrogeologist position, funding research on phosphorus recovery and reuse, creating grant programs for counties to test wells and provide public education, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Olsen, Marklein, Miller and Hansen.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Olsen, Marklein, Miller and Hansen.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 723
Relating to: county conservation staffing and making an appropriation.