Connecticut HB 5151: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR REPAIRS AT THE STONE HOUSE AT HAMILTON PARK IN WATERBURY.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5151
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 843

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT

Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT CONCERNING PROPOSALS DERIVED FROM THE WASTE
CHARACTERIZATION STUDY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 15, 2027, the 1
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in accordance 2
with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, shall submit 3
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 4
cognizance of matters relating to the environment a report that details 5
any proposal or recommendation of the commissioner that is derived 6
from the results of the most recent waste characterization study 7
undertaken by the Department of Energy and Environmental 8
Protection. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, any 9
recommendation for the establishment of extended producer 10
responsibility programs for components of the state's waste stream, 11
including, but not limited to, consumer packaging or products and 12
construction and demolition debris and any proposed additional 13
designations of recyclable items to be source separated. Such report 14
shall include a draft of any statutory revisions required to implement 15
any such proposal or recommendation. 16

Raised Bill No. 5151

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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

Statement of Purpose:
To require the submission of proposals derived from the results of the
waste characterization study.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]