Pollution
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the environment. [HB-302]
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Propose to create a new section 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, are 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [HB-352]
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Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering the funding formula for community colleges and the State aid program for private nonprofit institutions of higher education; authorizing or altering the distribution of certain revenue; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State for fiscal years 2024 through 2028; authorizing the transfer of certain funds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program [SB-416]
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Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program in the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating systems and providing grants to eligible customer-generators; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration to develop a certain consumer protection policy; providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fees in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Referred Economic Matters on 03/16/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Air Pollution. [SB-728]
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Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the operation of leaf blowers or string trimmers that are powered using two-stroke engines. Establishes penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sharon Y. Moriwaki
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Health. [SB-2101]
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Requires waste combustion facility owners to implement continuous monitoring and sampling technologies for the purposes of collecting data regarding emissions. Establishes a publicly available website hosted by the Department of Health that will track and display data collected on emissions. Requires the DOH to adjust permit limits for air contaminants based on emissions data collected. Requires reports to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Gabbard
Reported From Hhs/aen (stand. Com. Rep. No. 2493) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/16/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Pollution Abatement. [SB-445]
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Increases civil penalties for the violation of various pollution provisions. Establishes and appropriates funds for an environmental health specialist position within the clean water branch of the department of health. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett K. Keohokalole Received Notice Of Discharge Of All Conferees (hse. Com. No. 457). on 03/25/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Air Pollution. [HB-1147]
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Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the operation of leaf blowers or string trimmers that are powered using two-stroke engines. Establishes penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Quinlan
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [SB-362]
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Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering, from December 1, 2024, to January 15, 2027, the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and submit a certain independent evaluation; altering the sales and use tax rate on certain electronic smoking devices; repealing a certain small business relief tax credit; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State during certain fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Confined Aquatic Disposal Task Force [SB-353]
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Establishing the Confined Aquatic Disposal Task Force to study and review the overall concept, viability, and available options associated with confined aquatic disposal programs to meet the long-term dredged material placement needs of the State and the financial, economic, and environmental impacts of confined aquatic disposal; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations on or before July 1, 2025, to a certain executive committee and certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program [HB-258]
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Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar energy generating systems; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; and providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fee and allowance proceeds in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Residential Property Sales - Contract Disclosures - Superfund Sites [SB-125]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
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Requiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to include a certain addendum, written in conspicuous type, to the contract for the sale of the property; requiring the addendum to provide notice that within 5 days after signing and dating the contract of sale and on written notice to the seller, the buyer may void the contract and is eligible to receive a full refund of any money paid to the seller; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications [HB-24]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental permit applications based on certain findings to address environmental concerns; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible website, part of a website, or application that identifies pending permit applications with specific census tracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Third Reading Passed (103-36) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Program - Enforcement [SB-268]
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Altering the enforcement and after-the-fact application approval procedures required as minimum elements of a local jurisdiction's Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Program to apply to all critical area violations; repealing the 30-day waiting period with which the Chair of the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays must comply before referring certain enforcement matters to the Attorney General; and expanding the authority of the Attorney General to take certain equitable actions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 80 on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to environmental audits. [HB-136]
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Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 77 to define “environmental audit” and to provide that a person or facility subject to the requirements of KRS Chapter 77 that performs an environmental audit according to the requirements of KRS 224.1-040 shall be entitled to all of the benefits, privileges, and protections afforded by that section; and amends KRS 224.1-040 to allow facilities regulated by air pollution control districts established under KRS Chapter 77 to avail themselves of the same environmental audit process available to facilities regulated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Gooch
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 178) on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to metal recyclers. [HB-91]
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Create new sections of Subchapter 30 of KRS Chapter 224 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement a comprehensive program to control explosions and combustion events at metal recycling facilities; require administrative regulations to be promulgated within 120 days after the effective date of the Act; include standards and requirements for controlling hazardous emissions, flying objects, smoke and dust, and the need for pre-shredders; define "pre-shredder" and "metal recycling facility";
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the recording of interests in real property. [HB-37]
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[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to define "greenhouse gas emissions reduction agreement"; require that a greenhouse gas emissions reduction agreement be properly recorded pursuant to the requirements of KRS 382.110 for it to be binding on subsequent purchasers or creditors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to soil conservation and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-70]
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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 and to 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
PFAS Pollution and Polluter Liability [HB-864]
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PFAS Pollution and Polluter Liability
Sponsored by: Rep. Becky Carney
Reptd Fav Com Substitute on 06/11/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Create Anti-Littering Special Fund [HB-725]
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Create Anti-Littering Special Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. John Ray Bradford
Passed 1st Reading on 04/19/2023