The 87
th Legislative Session's filing
deadline of March 12, 2021 has come and gone, giving us an
opportunity to survey the full suite of environmental bills –
air, water, waste, procedural – that will be considered,
debated, and voted upon by state lawmakers by the end of June.
Below, we detail the proposed House and Senate budgets for Article
VI (Natural Resource) agencies, and discuss some of the most
important pieces of legislation under consideration at the Capitol.
You can access a list of bill summaries using
this link.
Last summer, the palpable concern was that COVID-19 restrictions
would wipe out the state budget. In July 2020, the Comptroller conservatively estimated a