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H 2944

  • Massachusetts House Bill
  • 190th Legislature (2017-2018)
  • Introduced in House
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

An Act 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

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Abstract

By Representatives Vincent of Revere and DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2944) of RoseLee Vincent, Michelle M. DuBois and others 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.

Bill Sponsors (5)

RoseLee Vincent

  • Democratic
Cosponsor

Michelle DuBois

  • Democratic
  • Representative
  • District 10th Plymouth
Cosponsor

Mike Connolly

  • Democratic
  • Representative
  • District 26th Middlesex
Cosponsor

Denise Provost

  • Democratic
Cosponsor

Chris Walsh

  • Democratic
Cosponsor

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Apr 17, 2018

House

Rules suspended

House

Committee recommended ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10)

House

Read second

House

Referred to the committee on House Rules

  • Referral-Committee
committee on House Rules

Mar 09, 2018

House

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

  • Referral-Committee
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

House

Accompanied by S439

Oct 18, 2017

Massachusetts General Court

Hearing scheduled for 10/24/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

Jan 23, 2017

House

Referred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

  • Referral-Committee
committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Senate

Senate concurred

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