Committee approves SB71 as amended, setting limits on state environmental rules
The Senate County and Municipal Government Committee voted to report SB71 favorably after adopting an amendment; the bill would bar state agencies from setting environmental standards that exceed federal rules and require rules (where no federal standard exists) to be grounded in the "best available science." Proponents and opponents sharply disagreed on public-health effects.
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Senate Bill 71, introduced by Sen. Chastain, would prevent state agencies from adopting environmental protection standards that are more stringent than federal law and requires, where federal standards do not exist, that any new state rule be based on the best available science and the weight of the scientific evidence. The committee adopted an implementation amendment and voted to report the bill favorably.
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