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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property fees. [HB-608]
[Property Tax ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to define "premises"; allow a fire protection district or subdistrict, or a volunteer fire department district, to assess a fee against a premises for the costs of maintaining necessary fire protection measures; establish billing and appeals process; set reporting requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75A to define "premises"; allow a consolidated emergency services district board to assess a fee against a premises for the costs of maintaining necessary fire protection measures; establish billing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Candy Massaroni
To Local Government (h) on 02/26/2025
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Gettr Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the environment. [HB-470]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Propose to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a right of the people to have a healthy environment, including a right to clean air, pure water, and ecologically healthy habitats; declare the Commonwealth's natural resources, among them its air, water, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, the common property of all people, including generations yet to come; establish that as trustee of the environment and its natural resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people; provide ballot
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report [HB-1406]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to include with the application a certain environmental impact analysis and, if applicable, a certain existing burden report; altering certain notice requirements; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity unless the application includes a final environmental impact assessment and, if applicable, a final existing burden report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) [HB-1484]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Goods - Restrictions Based on Energy Source - Prohibition (Energy Equality Act of 2025) [HB-1258]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting a local government or unit of State government from restricting the sale, purchase, or use of a certain consumer good solely on the basis of the energy source used to power the consumer good; repealing provisions of law requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and maintain a certain low emissions vehicle program; repealing provisions of law requiring the Department to establish requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; and applying the Act retroactively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to solid waste management. [HB-371]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224.40-315 to exclude from the exemption in the definition of municipal solid waste disposal facility any waste site or facility that accepts industrial solid waste generated on or adjacent to property owned by the generator or by another facility owned by the generator or wholly-owned subsidiary; amend KRS 224.43-345 to require a description in the solid waste management plan of capacity expansions for residual waste sites or facilities, including amounts of wastes from areas outside of the solid waste management area.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Raymer
Received In Senate on 03/05/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to air quality programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-346]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224.20-50 to define "emergency stationary internal combustion engine"; establish a standard for assessment of emissions fees by the Energy and Environment Cabinet and air pollution control districts; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 104) on 03/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [HB-1037]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [HB-1035]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 626 on 05/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [HB-295]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to define terms; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2030; establish a ban on the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2028; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to waste tires. [SB-86]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224.50-854 to remove the exemption for a person who stores waste tires for resale from the requirements of the waste tire program; amend KRS 224.50-856 to allow a person making retail sales of used motor vehicles tires to be eligible for the same accumulator registration exemption as sellers of new motor vehicle tires; amend KRS 224.50-858 to require nonexempt sellers of new or used motor vehicle tires to register and be subject to the requirements of the waste tire program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Division of Just Communities - Establishment [SB-890]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Division of Just Communities in the Department of Housing and Community Development; transferring the authority to designate an area as a Just Community from the Governor to the Department; altering the criteria for designating an area as a Just Community; and transferring the administration of the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program to the Division.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) [SB-978]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [SB-909]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [SB-937]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/20/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Various GSC Recommendations [HB-40]
Various GSC Recommendations
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Davis
Ch. Sl 2025-25 on 06/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Office of Cemetery Oversight - Study of Deathcare and Funeral Practices [SB-671]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland Department of Labor, and the Department of the Environment, to conduct a study of the environmental and public health impacts of deathcare and funeral practices in the State; and requiring the Office to submit an interim report by July 1, 2026, and a final report by January 1, 2027, to the Governor and the General Assembly including any recommended policy changes for sustainable deathcare and funeral practices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations [HB-902]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Mining ]
Providing that a certain base fee established by the Department of the Environment that is paid by a certain generator of coal combustion by-products is not less than $2.30 per ton; altering the factors that the Department is required to consider in establishing the fee; establishing the Statewide Coal Combustion By-Products Coordinating Committee to share information, monitoring results, and certain remedial actions with respect to certain coal combustion by-product sites; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/07/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Prohibiting Certain Mass Balloon Releases [SB-20]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Prohibiting Certain Mass Balloon Releases
Sponsored by: Sen. Gale Adcock
Passed 1st Reading on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Office of Cemetery Oversight - Study of Deathcare and Funeral Practices [HB-711]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland Department of Labor, and the Department of the Environment, to conduct a study of the environmental and public health impacts of deathcare and funeral practices in the State; and requiring the Office to submit an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report by July 2026, to the Governor and the General Assembly including any recommended policy changes for sustainable deathcare and funeral practices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kym Taylor
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025