A comprehensive bill that would give the state sweeping powers to protect oil and gas property owners, open the state up to competition and provide transparency was introduced Wednesday in the House Health and Welfare Committee, reports Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker. Republican Rep. Judy Boyle introduced a 46-page bill that came after complaints from property owners and suspicions that the only company producing gas and oil in the state was not paying its fair share.

“This is a complete rewrite of the oil and gas code,” Boyle said. The bill opens up to public review records that had been closed to the public and even the state for six months to a year, Barker reports. To help competitors, it also requires the Idaho Department of Lands to post the records on its website and release them without requiring a public records request. Barker’s full report is online here.