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Environment & Agriculture committee: votes at a glance on solid waste, food and animal bills
Summary
The House Environment & Agriculture Committee held executive sessions on landfill and food bills, voting to table one study bill and advancing several bills (including a landfill benefits review bill and multiple food-safety/animal-study measures) to the consent calendar.
The House Environment & Agriculture Committee on March 3, 2025 adopted or otherwise disposed of a set of executive items related to landfills, food production and animal-cruelty training, recording roll-call results and instructions to place several bills on the consent calendar.
The committee ITL’d (inexpedient to legislate) HB 479, a proposed study committee on certain solid waste disposal topics, and advanced a series of other bills after amendments and roll-call votes. Several bills amended in executive session were directed to the consent calendar for floor consideration.
Why it matters: Committee action clears early bills for the House calendar and signals where the chamber will press policy on solid waste siting and procedural changes for food and animal-cruelty responses. Several votes amended bills that change permitting or study processes for…
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