Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6917: AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE IN THE STATE.
Status: In committee, June 4, 2025
What the bill says
An act concerning the management of solid waste in the state. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE IN THE STATE. Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2025) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of section 22a-226e of the general statutes, as amended by this act. Sec. 2. Subsections (d) and (e) of section 22a-226e of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): [(d) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a voluntary pilot program for any municipality that seeks to separate source-separated organic materials and ensure that such source-separated organic materials are recycled at authorized source-separated organic material composting facilities that have available capacity and that will accept such sourceseparated organic material.] LCO No. 4396 1 of Raised Bill No. 6917 [(e)] (d) On or before March 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, each wholesaler, distributor, manufacturer, processor, supermarket, resort, conference center or institution that is subject to the provisions of this section shall submit a report to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in electronic format. Such report shall summarize such entity's amount of edible food donated, the amount …
Sponsors
- Aundre Bumgardner (D, 41) · primary sponsor
- Mary Mushinsky (D, 85)
- Hector Arzeno (D, 151)
- Geraldo Reyes (D, 75)
- Wood, Kerry S. (D, 29)
- Cecilia Maher (D, 26)
- Mary Fortier (D, 79)
- Jane Garibay (D, 60)
- John-Michael Parker (D, 101)
- Amy Morrin Bello (D, 28)
- Lucia Dathan (D, 142)
- Jason Doucette (D, 13)
Latest actions
- : House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 10611
- : House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
- : Transmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- : Senate Calendar Number 621
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- : House Calendar Number 578
- : File Number 884
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 05/12/25 12:00 PM
Votes
- House Roll Call 340 (June 4, 2026): 138 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call 340 (June 4, 2025): 138 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB6917?
- HB6917 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2025 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE IN THE STATE.
- What does HB6917 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning the management of solid waste in the state. assembly convened.
- What is the status of HB6917?
- In committee as of June 4, 2025. Latest action: House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 10611 (June 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB6917?
- Aundre Bumgardner (D, 41), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB6917?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB06917&which_year=2025
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