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Committee backs doubling used-oil recycling fee to shore up collection fund
House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee · January 23, 2026
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Summary
The committee adopted a substitute and passed HB 37 out after lawmakers heard that the used-oil recycling fund has been underfunded for decades; the bill raises the per-quart fee from $0.04 to $0.08 and authorizes the division to set fees in the future.
Representative Thomas Chu introduced the first-substitute to HB 37 after work by the interim Natural Resources Committee. Ted Sonnenburg, the newly appointed director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, told the committee the used-oil fund has relied on…
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