House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources

Thursday, April 23, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Committee unanimously advanced HB26-1340, a measure to revegetate or dry farm formerly irrigated farmland, capping what its sponsor called an 18-month effort to help drying-out farm country keep its soil intact as water is sold off the land.

Key Actions

·Revegetate or Dry Farm Formerly Irrigated Agricultural LandPassed

Notable Quotes

“The strike below reflects changes developed through extensive stakeholder discussions, particularly to address concerns around private property rights. It removes the temporary access easement requirement, defines successfully established and shifts implementation into a field by field approach. It also replaces the 50% water use cap with a more flexible case by case framework, ensuring compliance through financial assurances or limitations on water use for the new uses set through water court or existing local governments.”
Representative Mauro — Lays out exactly what the adopted amendments changed and why — the property-rights fixes that got stakeholders to yes.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (13)Lori Garcia Sander, Dusty Johnson, Mandy Lindsay, Meghan Lukens, Matthew Martinez, Lesley Smith, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Larry Don Suckla, Ty Winter, Tisha Mauro, Karen McCormick, Lori Goldstein

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TranscriptPreview

Order. Ms. Kelly, please call the roll. Representatives Garcia. Sander. Present. Goldstein. Here. Johnson. Here. Lindsey. Here. Lukens. Here. Martinez. Here. Smith. Here. Stewart. Here. Story. Here. Sukla. Here. Winter. Here. Morrow. Here. Madam Chair. Here. And we are here for action only on House Bill 1340. And I believe you have amendments. AML Winter? Yes, madam Chair. And the amendments are the amendments that we spoke about the day we presented the bill. So we're not going to dive into them. But I would like to move amendment AL001 to House Bill 1340, and I would ask for an I vote second. Thank you, Representative Winter. Just go ahead, represent a winner. I would also like to run an amendment to the Amendment, which is AL002 to 1340. Second you have to say I move. I move the amendment to the amendment L002 to 1340. To L001. I mean, to L001. I'm sorry. All right. Did you. Okay. Thank you. So just briefly, you don't have to go into the whole thing, but just for the record, briefly tell us your intentions behind the amendment and generally what it does. Representative Morrow? Thank you, Madam Chair. The strike below…

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