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Environment committee places multiple measures on consent calendar, including producer-responsibility study
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Summary
Committee leaders consolidated several bills onto a consent calendar — including a study on extended producer responsibility for solar panels and vapes, a Bristol resource recovery bill, wildlife and animal welfare measures, crematory air permits and boating regulations — and read the consent calendar into the record; votes were recorded and held open until 11:00 a.m.
At the March 13 session the committee placed several measures on a consent calendar and read them into the record for a consolidated vote.
Items listed on the consent calendar included:
• SB147 (LCO 3197): an act to study the need for extended producer responsibility for solar panels and vapes and to include aerosol paints under the paint stewardship program. Chair explained S-language that convenes the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to form a working group.
• SB317 (LCO 3165): an act concerning the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility.
• HB5330 (LCO 3114): an act concerning certain wildlife action plans.
• SB318 (LCO 3113): an act concerning animal welfare.
• HB5331 (LCO 1522): an act concerning air permits for certain crematories; members thanked DEEP and the Funeral Directors Association for working with the committee.
• HB5332 (LCO 3116): an act concerning certain boating regulations. Representative Callahan described the bill as intended to improve safety by preventing people from sitting on gunnels while a boat is underway and to require simple identification on certain unregistered, small vessels to help locate owners and prevent abandonment.
Committee members recorded affirmative votes on the consent calendar items as the clerk read them into the record; the chair reminded members that votes would be held open until 11:00 a.m., when the committee resumes for a public hearing.
Next steps: The consent items will proceed as appropriate after the continuation of the vote record and any required follow-up; sponsors indicated they would continue to work with stakeholders on remaining technical language.
