Committee reports SB232 on personal collection of certain fossils after staff clarification

The Senate Education Committee took up the second hearing for SB232, which addresses personal collection of certain fossils. Ryan McKee, legislative aide to Senator Yundt (sponsor), explained for the record that if a person who collected fossils dies and bequeaths them to family members, those recipients remain subject to the bill’s compliance requirements and penalties. "They'd still have to abide by them," McKee said.

After that clarification and with no additional committee questions, President Stevens moved to report SB232 from the committee with individual recommendations and an attached zero fiscal note. Chair Tobin reported the motion and announced the committee would take a brief at-ease to sign the committee report. The report was recorded as reported from the Senate Education Committee with individual recommendations and no fiscal note attached.

No vote tally was recorded in the transcript; committee action was documented as the bill being reported out with legislative legal authority delegated to make technical and conforming changes.