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Senator raises funding and trade concerns as committee advances mattress‑collection program
Summary
During the March 4 Senate Finance Committee meeting, senators advanced S1463, a Kavanaugh bill to establish a mattress collection program under the Environmental Conservation Law, after a senator raised concerns that the bill lacks a point‑of‑sale funding fee and could shift costs to U.S. manufacturers given international mattress imports.
The Senate Finance Committee on March 4 advanced S1463, a bill sponsored by Senator Kavanaugh to amend the Environmental Conservation Law to establish a mattress collection program.
A senator raised substantive funding and trade concerns during debate, noting that the draft bill does not include a point‑of‑sale fee to fund mattress recycling. The senator said: "There has been a number of issues raised on this particular legislation because it does not have that point…
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