Bill Sponsors: MA H2944 | 2017-2018 | 190th General Court
Bill Title: 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
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken [H2944 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken [H2944 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Representative Roselee Vincent [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-16-SUF | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Michelle DuBois [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-10-PLY | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Mike Connolly [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-26-MID | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Denise Provost [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-27-MID | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Chris Walsh [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-06-MID | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |