Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1576: TO PROHIBIT A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL TO BE PLACED OVER A KARST TOPOGRAPHY
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to prohibit a solid waste landfill to be placed over a karst topography and for other purposes. subtitle to prohibit a solid waste landfill to be placed over a karst topography.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL TO BE PLACED OVER A KARST TOPOGRAPHY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO PROHIBIT A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL TO BE PLACED OVER A KARST TOPOGRAPHY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 8-6-203, concerning definitions within the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, is amended to add an additional subdivision to read as follows: (23) "Karst typography" means an area with dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and dolomite where the water system is a network of interconnected fissures, fractures, and conduits emplaced in a relatively low-permeability rock matrix. SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 8-6-205(a), concerning illegal actions under the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, is amended to read as follows: (a) It shall be illegal for any person: (1) To violate any provision of this subchapter or any rule or order of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission issued pursuant to this subchapter or of a permit issued under this subchapter by the Division of Environmental Quality; (2) To construct, install, alter, modify, use, or operate any solid waste processing or disposal facility or disposal site without a permit *JMB361* 03-05-2025 10:54:24 JMB361 As Engrossed: H2/27/25 H3/3/25 H3/5/25 HB1576 from the division; (3)(A) To …
Sponsors
- Robin Lundstrum (R, 18) · primary sponsor
- Joshua Bryant (R, 32)
- Steve Unger (R, 19)
Latest actions
- : Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
- : Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
- : Received from the House.
- : Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- : REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- : Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- : Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- : Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 3
- : REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- : Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
Votes
- House Roll Call #518 (March 11, 2025): 76 yea, 11 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #129 (February 6, 2025): 92 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1576?
- HB1576 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO PROHIBIT A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL TO BE PLACED OVER A KARST TOPOGRAPHY.
- What does HB1576 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act to prohibit a solid waste landfill to be placed over a karst topography and for other purposes. subtitle to prohibit a solid waste landfill to be placed over a karst topography.
- What is the status of HB1576?
- Failed as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1576?
- Robin Lundstrum (R, 18), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1576?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=HB1576
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