BillCam

Pollution

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SCR-129	State (Hawaii)	Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Address Microplastics By Designating Personnel, Implementing Technology, And Establishing A Pilot Project At Kailua Beach Park To Deploy And Test New Sand-cleaning Technologies For Statewide Use. Democrat: 85% (6) Republican: 14% (1) 85% Democrat support 14% Republican support	Dlnr Beaches Microplastics Pollution Pilot Program Kailua Beach
SR-89	State (Hawaii)	Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Address Microplastics By Designating Personnel, Implementing Technology, And Establishing A Pilot Project At Kailua Beach Park To Deploy And Test New Sand-cleaning Technologies For Statewide Use. Democrat: 85% (6) Republican: 14% (1) 85% Democrat support 14% Republican support	Dlnr Beaches Microplastics Pollution Pilot Program Kailua Beach
HR-107	State (Hawaii)	Urging The Department Of Health To Prioritize The Testing And Research Of Beach Sand Contamination Levels At Pokai Bay On Oahu's Leeward Coast And Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Renovate Its Public Facilities At Pokai Bay To Mitigate Environmental And Health Risks Caused By Pollution And Contaminants. Democrat: 100% (10) 100% Democrat support	Pokai Bay Doh Water Quality Pollution Parks And Recreation
HCR-128	State (Hawaii)	Urging The Department Of Health To Prioritize The Testing And Research Of Beach Sand Contamination Levels At Pokai Bay On Oahu's Leeward Coast And Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Renovate Its Public Facilities At Pokai Bay To Mitigate Environmental And Health Risks Caused By Pollution And Contaminants. Democrat: 100% (10) 100% Democrat support	Pokai Bay Doh Water Quality Pollution Parks And Recreation
HCR-128	State (Hawaii)	Urging The Department Of Health To Prioritize The Testing And Research Of Beach Sand Contamination Levels At Pokai Bay On Oahu's Leeward Coast And Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Renovate Its Public Facilities At Pokai Bay To Mitigate Environmental And Health Risks Caused By Pollution And Contaminants. Democrat: 100% (10) 100% Democrat support	Pokai Bay Doh Water Quality Pollution Parks And Recreation
HR-61	State (Hawaii)	Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Address Microplastics By Designating Personnel, Implementing Technology, And Establishing A Pilot Project At Kailua Beach Park To Deploy And Test New Sand-cleaning Technologies For Statewide Use. Republican: 16% (1) Democrat: 83% (5) 16% Republican support 83% Democrat support	Dlnr Beaches Microplastics Pollution Pilot Program Kailua Beach
HCR-78	State (Hawaii)	Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Address Microplastics By Designating Personnel, Implementing Technology, And Establishing A Pilot Project At Kailua Beach Park To Deploy And Test New Sand-cleaning Technologies For Statewide Use. Republican: 16% (1) Democrat: 83% (5) 16% Republican support 83% Democrat support	Dlnr Beaches Microplastics Pollution Pilot Program Kailua Beach
HCR-78	State (Hawaii)	Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Address Microplastics By Designating Personnel, Implementing Technology, And Establishing A Pilot Project At Kailua Beach Park To Deploy And Test New Sand-cleaning Technologies For Statewide Use. Republican: 16% (1) Democrat: 83% (5) 16% Republican support 83% Democrat support	Dlnr Beaches Microplastics Pollution Pilot Program Kailua Beach
HB-591	State (Kentucky)	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 262 to establish a Healthy Soils Program and a Healthy Soils Program fund in the Department for Natural Resources, Division of Conservation; require the department to provide technical advice and assistance, assist with soil health assessments and soil health plans; require the commissioner to approve applications for grants and other types of financial assistance under the Healthy Soils Program; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Healthy Soils Program and the Healthy Soils Program fund; amend KRS 146.100 to require the director of the Division of Conservation to have experience in healthy soil practices; amend KRS 224.71-110 to require the Agriculture Water Quality Authority to promote soil restoration and include an organic agriculture organization among appointments to the authority and add healthy soil practices as a committee; amend KRS 262.010 to define "healthy soil practices," "soil health," "soil health assessment, "and "watershed health"; amend KRS 262.020 to add restoration, biological diversity, watershed health, and healthy soil practices to the purpose of soil and water conservation districts; amend KRS 262.748 and 262.778 to conform; APPROPRIATION. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Environment And Conservation Forests And Forestry Pollution Water Supply Agriculture Appropriations
HB-1642	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Committee on Air Quality to create, on or before January 1, 2021, an air quality sampling and monitoring protocol for the collection of air quality and public health data associated with certain large animal-feeding operations; requiring that the protocol establish the methodology for the Department of the Environment to use to quantify and assess certain data; requiring the Department to report its findings from certain assessments and evaluations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 15, 2021; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Environment Agriculture Animals Committees And Commissions Data Electronic Communication Environment, Department Of The Environmental Health Environmental Matters Health
SJR-6	State (Maryland)	Urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reverse its Order in the PJM Reliability Pricing Model Capacity dockets. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Energy Renewable Energy Sources Committees And Commissions Energy Matters Environmental Health Nuclear Matters Pollution Prices Storage
HCR-88	State (Kentucky)	Reestablish the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force; direct the task force to continue to evaluate policy options on how to address Kentucky's troubled public water and wastewater systems; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet at least three times during the 2020 Interim and to submit its findings, legislative recommendations, or a memorandum to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2020; provide that the Legislative Research Commission is authorized to alternatively assign the issues to be addressed by the task force to an interim joint committee or subcommittee thereof and to assign an alternative study completion date. Democrat: 50% (1) Republican: 50% (1) 50% Democrat support 50% Republican support	Environment And Conservation General Assembly Legislative Research Commission Pollution Public Utilities Public Works Sewer Systems Water Supply Waterways And Dams Task Forces, Legislative Branch
SCR-152	State (Kentucky)	Reestablish the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force; direct the task force to continue to evaluate policy options on how to address Kentucky's troubled public water and wastewater systems; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet at least three times during the 2020 Interim and to submit its findings, legislative recommendations, or a memorandum to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2020; provide that the Legislative Research Commission is authorized to alternatively assign the issues to be addressed by the task force to an interim joint committee or subcommittee thereof and to assign an alternative study completion date. Republican: 33% (1) Democrat: 66% (2) 33% Republican support 66% Democrat support	Environment And Conservation General Assembly Legislative Research Commission Pollution Public Utilities Public Works Sewer Systems Water Supply Waterways And Dams Task Forces, Legislative Branch
SB-164	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 30A.190 to designate 100% of a new open dumping fine be paid to the county where the violation occurred; KRS 65.8808 to expressly include littering and open dumping as crimes subject to enforcement by code enforcement; amend KRS 224.40-100 to allow local governments to impose a civil fine between $250 and $500 for open dumping and prescribe funds to be used for abatement, cleanup and restoration of the illegal dump site; amend KRS 224.99-010 to direct penalties from littering to counties where the offense occurred; amend KRS 431.100 to direct fines from violations under criminal littering to counties for use in cleanup of litter and open dumps and direct 100 percent of new open dumping violation to the county; APPROPRIATION. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Local Mandate Environment And Conservation Local Government Pollution Waste Management Appropriations Counties
HB-1349	State (Maryland)	Establishing a clean energy attribute credit standard for certain purposes; repealing certain provisions relating to the renewable energy portfolio standard; stating certain findings of the General Assembly; stating certain policies of the State regarding certain energy sources and markets; requiring the Public Service Commission to appoint an independent administrator for certain purposes with certain qualifications and certain duties; providing for the term and reappointment of the independent administrator; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Energy Utility Regulation Agriculture Renewable Energy Sources Auctions Commerce And Business Commerce, Department Of Consumer Protection Contracts Credit
HB-1312	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing certain discharge permits to a person for a new industrial poultry operation or for the purpose of extending or expanding an industrial poultry operation in operation on or before September 30, 2020. Democrat: 100% (20) 100% Democrat support	Environment Agriculture Environment, Department Of The Flood Control Industry And Technology Licenses Meat, Poultry, Seafood Pollution Time Water
HB-1451	State (Maryland)	Requiring, beginning on October 1, 2023, that each school bus purchased by a county board of education be a zero-emission vehicle; requiring, beginning on October 1, 2026, that each school bus purchased by a certain person for use under a certain contract with a county board be a zero-emission vehicle; etc. Democrat: 100% (8) 100% Democrat support	State Government - Procurement Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Renewable Energy Sources Contracts Counties Education, Boards Of Motor Vehicles Pollution School Buses Time
HB-1297	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of the Environment to study and make recommendations regarding the Department's permitting process for certain individual surface water discharge permits; requiring the Department, in conducting the study and making the recommendations, to examine and review certain methods, expectations, measures, and tools; requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2021; etc. Democrat: 100% (7) 100% Democrat support	Environment Environment, Department Of The Fees Licenses Pollution Reports Sewage Water
HB-1490	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Building Codes Administration and the Maryland Energy Administration, to adopt regulations on monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions from certain buildings on or before a certain date; requiring the owners of certain buildings to monitor certain greenhouse gas emissions beginning on certain dates and to make certain reports on or before certain dates in certain years; etc. Democrat: 100% (9) 100% Democrat support	Environment Abandoned Property Administrative Agencies Renewable Energy Sources Bankruptcy Building Codes Commercial Property Construction Energy Matters Environment, Department Of The
HB-1526	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Transportation Carbon Reduction Fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; establishing the Transportation and Climate Initiative Workgroup; stating the purpose of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to perform certain studies, consult with certain stakeholders, develop certain recommendations, and implement certain processes; etc. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Operating Budget Bicycles Boundaries Budgets Buses Committees And Commissions Commuters Data Death

Title: Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Address Microplastics By Designating Personnel, Implementing Technology, And Establishing A Pilot Project At Kailua Beach Park To Deploy And Test New Sand-cleaning Technologies For Statewide Use.

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: SCR-129

Subjects: Dlnr, Beaches, Microplastics, Pollution, Pilot Program, Kailua Beach

Democrat: 85% (6) Republican: 14% (1)

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: SR-89

Subjects: Dlnr, Beaches, Microplastics, Pollution, Pilot Program, Kailua Beach

Democrat: 85% (6) Republican: 14% (1)

Title: Urging The Department Of Health To Prioritize The Testing And Research Of Beach Sand Contamination Levels At Pokai Bay On Oahu's Leeward Coast And Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Renovate Its Public Facilities At Pokai Bay To Mitigate Environmental And Health Risks Caused By Pollution And Contaminants.

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: HR-107

Subjects: Pokai Bay, Doh, Water Quality, Pollution, Parks And Recreation

Democrat: 100% (10)

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: HCR-128

Subjects: Pokai Bay, Doh, Water Quality, Pollution, Parks And Recreation

Democrat: 100% (10)

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: HCR-128

Subjects: Pokai Bay, Doh, Water Quality, Pollution, Parks And Recreation

Democrat: 100% (10)

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: HR-61

Subjects: Dlnr, Beaches, Microplastics, Pollution, Pilot Program, Kailua Beach

Republican: 16% (1) Democrat: 83% (5)

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: HCR-78

Subjects: Dlnr, Beaches, Microplastics, Pollution, Pilot Program, Kailua Beach

Republican: 16% (1) Democrat: 83% (5)

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: HCR-78

Subjects: Dlnr, Beaches, Microplastics, Pollution, Pilot Program, Kailua Beach

Republican: 16% (1) Democrat: 83% (5)

Title: AN ACT relating to soil conservation and making an appropriation therefor.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-591

Subjects: Environment And Conservation, Forests And Forestry, Pollution, Water Supply, Agriculture, Appropriations

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Community Healthy Air Act

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1642

Subjects: Environment, Agriculture, Animals, Committees And Commissions, Data, Electronic Communication, Environment, Department Of The, Environmental Health, Environmental Matters, Health

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SJR-6

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Energy, Renewable Energy Sources, Committees And Commissions, Energy Matters, Environmental Health, Nuclear Matters, Pollution, Prices, Storage

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION reestablishing the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HCR-88

Subjects: Environment And Conservation, General Assembly, Legislative Research Commission, Pollution, Public Utilities, Public Works, Sewer Systems, Water Supply, Waterways And Dams, Task Forces, Legislative Branch

Democrat: 50% (1) Republican: 50% (1)

Title: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION reestablishing the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: SCR-152

Republican: 33% (1) Democrat: 66% (2)

Title: AN ACT relating to solid waste and making an appropriation therefor.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-164

Subjects: Local Mandate, Environment And Conservation, Local Government, Pollution, Waste Management, Appropriations, Counties

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1349

Subjects: Energy, Utility Regulation, Agriculture, Renewable Energy Sources, Auctions, Commerce And Business, Commerce, Department Of, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Credit

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Industrial Poultry Operations

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1312

Subjects: Environment, Agriculture, Environment, Department Of The, Flood Control, Industry And Technology, Licenses, Meat, Poultry, Seafood, Pollution, Time, Water

Democrat: 100% (20)

Title: School Bus Purchasing – Zero–Emission Vehicle – Requirement

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1451

Subjects: State Government - Procurement, Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous, Renewable Energy Sources, Contracts, Counties, Education, Boards Of, Motor Vehicles, Pollution, School Buses, Time

Democrat: 100% (8)

Title: Individual Surface Water Discharge Permits - Study and Permit Decisions (Zombie Permit Elimination Act)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1297

Subjects: Environment, Environment, Department Of The, Fees, Licenses, Pollution, Reports, Sewage, Water

Democrat: 100% (7)

Title: Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets (Clean Buildings Jobs Act of 2020)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1490

Subjects: Environment, Abandoned Property, Administrative Agencies, Renewable Energy Sources, Bankruptcy, Building Codes, Commercial Property, Construction, Energy Matters, Environment, Department Of The

Democrat: 100% (9)

Title: Transportation Carbon Reduction Fund – Establishment (Transportation Carbon Fund Act)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1526

Subjects: Transportation - Generally, Operating Budget, Bicycles, Boundaries, Budgets, Buses, Committees And Commissions, Commuters, Data, Death

Democrat: 100% (2)

Pollution

SCR-129

State (Hawaii)

SR-89

State (Hawaii)

HR-107

State (Hawaii)

HCR-128

State (Hawaii)

HCR-128

State (Hawaii)

HR-61

State (Hawaii)

HCR-78

State (Hawaii)

HCR-78

State (Hawaii)

HB-591

State (Kentucky)

HB-1642

State (Maryland)

SJR-6

State (Maryland)

HCR-88

State (Kentucky)

SCR-152

State (Kentucky)

SB-164

State (Kentucky)

HB-1349

State (Maryland)

HB-1312

State (Maryland)

HB-1451

State (Maryland)

HB-1297

State (Maryland)

HB-1490

State (Maryland)

HB-1526

State (Maryland)