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SSB 3078

A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections.(See SF 2287.)

Agenda

Subcommittee members: Rozenboom-CH, Webster, Winckler

Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026

Time: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: Room 217 Conference Room

Comments Submitted:

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02-05-2026

Nancy Dugan

This bill is an atrocity. It would grant variances to department rules, regulations, and orders without a hearing, has extensive confidentiality provisions (like many bills this session), would force landowners to give up their subsurface rights without a jury trial and just compensation determined according to historically established eminent domain law, and punish landowners financially if they do not consent. One quote: "In the absence of voluntary pooling pursuant to subsection 1, the director, upon the application of any interested person, shall enter an order pooling all interests in a spacing unit for the development and operation thereof. Any such pooling order may authorize cost recovery and risk penalties against nonconsenting owners for a specific well." This bill was unanimously voted out of a senate committee last year. In light of the legislature's solemn pledge to uphold property rights for landowners, it is nothing short of stunning.