Massachusetts House Bill 2944 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to establish a solid waste council and to institute programs to reduce solid waste. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

To (1) establish a solid waste management council, (2) to require the Department to increase certain types of data collection; (3) to impose a surcharge on waste disposal; (4) to require municipalities to institute pay as you throw programs if they are generating too much waste for disposal per capita; (5) to require that all waste be disposed of in clear plastic bags; (6) to increase recycling to include mattresses, textiles and additional commercial organic material; and (7) to require secondary markets to report contamination

Rep. Roselee Vincent [D]	Rep. Michelle DuBois [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]
Rep. Chris Walsh [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-01	House	No further action taken
2018-04-17	House	Referred to the committee on House Rules
2018-04-17	House	Read second
2018-04-17	House	Rules suspended
2018-04-17	House	Committee recommended ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10)
2018-03-09	House	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2018-03-09	House	Accompanied by S439
2017-10-18	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/24/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2017-01-23	Senate	Senate concurred
2017-01-23	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

H460 (Similar To) 2017-12-07 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2230
H2118 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
H437 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
H2130 (Similar To) 2018-05-30 - Accompanied a study order, see H4544
H2427 (Similar To) 2018-06-11 - Accompanied a study order, see H4590
H2428 (Similar To) 2018-06-11 - Accompanied a study order, see H4590
S439 (Replaces) 2018-03-09 - Accompanied H2944

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2944
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2944.pdf