Legislative and Budget

2023-2025 Legislative Session

2023 Legislative and Budget Development Meetings

May 17 Meeting

• Agenda
  
• Potential Policy Option Packages (high level version of 4/27/2022 document)
  

May 10, 2022 Water Planning Budget and Legislative Development Workshop

The Department will be hosting a 2-hour water planning workshop from on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 from 2-4 PM. The goal of this workshop will be to:

1. Introduce the Department's draft of the water planning legislative concept and budget policy option package, including how input from various planning groups, partners, and the place-based planning pilot and evaluation serve as the foundation for both.
   
2. Gather feedback on draft legislative concept.
3. Gather feedback on the draft budget policy option package.
   

Please register by COB Thursday May 5, 2022 in order to receive the meeting materials.

April 27, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda
  
• Potential Policy Option Packages
  
• Rank our POPs (word)
  
• Rank our POPs (PDF)
  
• Meeting Recording
  

March 22, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda
  
• Potential Legislative Concepts
  
• Updated LC Topics List
  
• Draft: Transfers of Stored Water
  
• Draft: Fee-Support Programs
  
• Draft: Split Season Leasing
  
• Potential budget package topics
  
• Meeting Recording
  

January 27, 2022 Meeting

• Agenda
  
• The Governor's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan
  
• List of potential legislative concept topics
  
• List of potential budget package topics
  
• Stakeholder Feedback instructions
  
• Meeting Recording
  

2021-2023 Legislatively Adopted Budget and Legislative Actions

• Budget and Legislation Summary
  
• Chapter 1: Legislative Actions
• Chapter 2: Agency Summary
• Chapter 3: Revenues
• Chapter 4: Administrative Services Division
• Chapter 5: Field Services Division
• Chapter 6: Technical Services Division
• Chapter 7: Water Rights Services Division
• Chapter 8: Director's Office
• Chapter 9: Special Reports
  
• HB 2142: Water Rights and Dam Safety Fees
• LC 657 Draft Language
• HB 2143: Hydroelectric Program Fee Structure
• LC 658 Draft Language
• HB 2144: Transfers in the Type of Stored Water
• LC 660 Draft Language
• HB 2145: Well Construction Program Modernization
• LC 661 Draft Language
• SB 130: Extending the Irrigation District Pilot Project
• LC 659 Draft Language

2021-23 Budget

• 2021-23 Governor's Recommended Budget
• 2021-23 Agency Request Budget

2019-21 Budget

• 2019-21 Legislatively Approved Budget
  
• 2019-21 Governor's Recommended Budget
• 2019-21 Governor's Budget Summary
• 2019-21 Agency Request Budget
• 2019-21 Agency Request Budget (Policy Option Packages Only)

2017-19 Budget

• 2017 Legislative Recap
• 2017-19 Legislatively Adopted Budget