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SB147 • 2025

Renames the Elliott State Forest as the Elliott State Research Forest.

Renames the Elliott State Forest as the Elliott State Research Forest.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-06-23
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-23 Senate

    Chapter 325, 2025 Laws.

  2. 2025-06-23 Senate

    Effective date, January 1, 2026.

  3. 2025-06-16 Senate

    Governor signed.

  4. 2025-06-09 Senate

    President signed.

  5. 2025-06-09 House

    Speaker signed.

  6. 2025-06-04 House

    Third reading. Carried by Levy E. Passed. Ayes, 32; Nays, 21--Boice, Boshart Davis, Cate, Diehl, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Harbick, Helfrich, Javadi, Lewis, Mannix, McIntire, Osborne, Owens, Reschke, Scharf, Skarlatos, Smith G, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 6--Andersen, Gamba, Levy B, Nguyen D, Nguyen H, Wallan.

  7. 2025-06-03 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to June 4, 2025 Calendar.

  8. 2025-06-02 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2025 Calendar.

  9. 2025-05-29 House

    Second reading.

  10. 2025-05-28 House

    Recommendation: Do pass.

  11. 2025-05-21 House

    Referred to Ways and Means.

  12. 2025-05-15 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

  13. 2025-05-14 Senate

    Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. Ayes, 25; Nays, 5--Girod, Linthicum, McLane, Robinson, Thatcher.

  14. 2025-05-13 Senate

    Second reading.

  15. 2025-05-12 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)

  16. 2025-05-09 Senate

    Work Session held.

  17. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Work Session held.

  18. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Returned to Full Committee.

  19. 2025-04-23 Senate

    Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources.

  20. 2025-04-16 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)

  21. 2025-04-16 Senate

    Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.

  22. 2025-04-08 Senate

    Work Session held.

  23. 2025-03-20 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  24. 2025-01-17 Senate

    Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.

  25. 2025-01-13 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act renames a state forest and transfers the running of the forest to a different state agency. The Act makes the forest a research forest and sets forth the duties, powers and conditions for managing the forest. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Renames the Elliott State Forest as the Elliott State Research Forest. Authorizes the State Land Board to manage, control and protect the forest as a world-class research forest. Restricts the ability of the board to sell land in the forest, but authorizes the board to expand or exchange land or timber to further the purposes of the forest as a research forest.
Authorizes certificates of participation financing to finance capital projects or purchases related to the forest.
Transfers the duties, functions, powers, rights and obligations related to the forest from the State Board of Forestry to the State Land Board.
Relating to: Relating to the Elliott State Forest.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned