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Relating to strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances
Sponsored by the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Proposed by the Department of Natural Resources · all agency proposals
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 22, 202546–0
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 People who control hazardous substances will now be responsible for paying the state or local government for the costs of monitoring and overseeing those dangerous conditions. This change ensures that the money spent on watching over these hazards is covered by the person in charge of them.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 the reasonable 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 the reasonable costs the state or local governments spend to oversee and monitor hazardous conditions they create.2
Changed since by amendment S-3120; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 27, 2025 (as SSB 1041). On January 29, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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