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Senate committee debates battery-disposal bill, hears recycling industry testimony, leaves measure pending
Summary
Senate Bill 2050 would prohibit improper disposal of consumer energy storage modules (including lithium-ion batteries), grant the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rulemaking authority, and protect waste facility operators from liability; the committee took testimony from recyclers and left the bill pending.
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development heard Senate Bill 2050, a bill to restrict the improper disposal of consumer energy storage modules (including lithium-ion batteries), and left the measure pending after receiving industry testimony and clarifications in a committee substitute.
Senator Brian Birdwell, author of the bill, told the committee lithium-ion and similar batteries pose a significant fire risk at waste and recycling facilities and that current Texas law addresses lead-acid batteries but…
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