Date: 6/4/25 6:46 am From: mdpethke via groups.io <mdpethke...> Subject: [labird] HB 581 to ban balloon releases headed for Senate floor vote
HB 581, banning balloon releases, was unanimously reported favorably out of the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality yesterday, with an amendment to exempt ham radio operators launching balloons for scientific and/or educational purposes. It now goes to the Senate floor. Then it must go back to the House for a vote to approve the new amendment. Nobody I spoke to at the Capitol thought this should be an impediment to final passage, but there is just over a week to secure passage before the legislature adjourns. The committee chairman, Eddie Lambert, mentioned that they had received a number of communications supporting the bill, so thanks to all who contacted their legislators. It matters.
