Bills

SB 2005: DLNR; BLNR; CONSERVATION BANKS

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-12: Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-17-26 9:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

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Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources and certain public or private entities to operate conservation banks, subject to approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, for situations where a person or entity is required to provide compensatory mitigation to offset adverse impacts to threatened, endangered, candidate, or proposed species as part of an approved incidental take license and habitat conservation plan.  Adds the associate director of the United States Geological Survey, Ecosystem Mission Area, to the membership of the Endangered Species Recovery Committee.  Requires the Endangered Species Recovery Committee to review applications and proposals for conservation banks and conduct subsequent reviews and oversight.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts4MIN
Feb 13, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts53SEC
Feb 13, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

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