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Relating to strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances
Sponsored by the House Natural Resources Committee
Proposed by the Department of Natural Resources · all agency proposals
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 4, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 22, 202546–0
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Under current law, people in charge of dangerous substances are responsible for certain cleanup costs. This new rule would also make those people pay for extra money the state or local government spends to watch over and monitor the hazardous conditions they created.1
Read the official explanation
Current law imposes strict liability on a person having control over a hazardous substance for certain costs. This bill imposes strict liability on a person having control over a hazardous substance for excessive and extraordinary oversight and monitoring costs expended by the state or political subdivision related to hazardous conditions created by that person.
Why it matters. People or entities that control hazardous substances would be held responsible for paying the state or local governments for any excessive and extraordinary costs used to monitor or oversee hazardous conditions they created.2
Changed since by amendment S-3120; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named January 22, 2025 (as HSB 66). On January 27, 2025 it recommended passage.
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