House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources

House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee will come to order. Ms. Kelly, please call the roll. Representatives Garcia, Sander. Present. Goldstein. Here. Johnson. Here. Lindsey. Here. Lukens. Excused. Martinez. Here. Smith. Here. Stewart. Excused. Story. Here. Sukla. Here. Winter. Here. Tomorrow. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Great. Thanks for waiting for our late start. Today we have five bills to hear, and first up is House Bill 1205 with Representative Morrow and Representative Velasco. And Representative Morrow is going to present the bill with the permission of Representative Velasco. So, Representative Morrow, tell us about your bill. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, I apologize. I have a no voice. House Bill 1205 was a bill that came out of our Wildfire Matters Review Committee that provides a straightforward but important update to Colorado statute to reflect the federal expansion of Good Neighbor authority as it relates to the recent passage of the Explore act in Congress. House Bill 1205 does not create a new program, nor does it expand regulatory authority. It modernizes statutory language so that the Colorado State Forest Service can continue implementing cross boundary projects efficiently and at scale. This important piece of…