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2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 659

An Act updating and expanding the storm water planning requirements to be undertaken by counties; authorizing counties to regulate storm water within a watershed-based planning area; authorizing the formation of water resources management authorities; enabling counties, municipalities and water resources management authorities to develop integrated water resources management plans; imposing duties and conferring powers on the Department of Environmental Protection, the Environmental Quality Board, counties, municipalities and water resources management authorities; providing for financing and for waiver of use for certain grant or loan funds; establishing the Integrated Water Resources Management Account; and making repeals.

In the House of Representatives's Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee since February 20, 2025.

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

9 co-sponsors

Steven R. Malagari, Jose Giral, Carol Hill-Evans, Tarah Probst, ROBERT FREEMAN, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Kristine C. Howard, Heather Boyd, Nikki Rivera

Its course

February 20 to February 20, 2025, 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 action1 action on 1 day

In the House of RepresentativesFrom Feb 20

Environmental & Natural Resource ProtectionFrom Feb 20

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 20

  1. Feb 20Sent to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION
All 1 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Feb. 20, 2025House of Representatives