l9n/ Connecticut

2004 Regular Session

House Bill 5529

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO CERTAIN WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Planning and Development Committee on April 21, 2004. The 2004 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To exclude from the definition of "establishment" in the Transfer Act those facilities that generate hazardous waste solely because of the generation of "universal waste" such as florescent light bulbs; to allow the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to consider all undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses in determining if a degree is fundamentally equivalent to degrees allowed as education requirements for becoming a Licensed Environmental Professional; to allow a renewal of a license for a Licensed Environmental Professional without the applicant having to take the full exam if the applicant seeks renewal within six months after the license expires; to change the definition of the term "dispose" as it relates to PCB handling and disposal; to refine certain definitions to conform with model toxic packaging legislation and to promote consistency among other member states of the Toxics in Packaging Clearing House; to reinstate exemptions that have expired in the Toxics in Packaging legislation; to obtain more accurate information on solid waste generation and recycling rates to allow for better planning for solid waste recycling and disposal; to revise the date for the annual submission of a toxic release form pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; and to change the duration of the license for terminals in the state for loading or unloading of oil or petroleum or chemical liquids or solid, liquid or gaseous products or hazardous wastes from three years to ten years.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

February 25 to April 21, 2004, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action17 actions on 12 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 25 to Apr 21 · stopped56 days

Environment CommitteeFeb 25 to Mar 1519 days

Joint Committee on Legislative ManagementApr 6 to Apr 137 days

Planning and Development CommitteeApr 20 to Apr 21 · stopped1 day

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 25 – Apr 21

  1. Feb 25Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
  2. Feb 26Heard in Environment Committee
  3. Mar 15Environment Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Apr 6Sent to Joint Committee on Legislative Management
  5. Apr 13Joint Committee on Legislative Management recommended it
  6. Apr 20Sent to Planning and Development Committee
  7. Apr 21Planning and Development Committee took no action on it
All 17 actions, as published
  1. Feb 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 26PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 15Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 23REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 30RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 30FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 30HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 30FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Apr 6REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. Apr 13Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. Apr 14FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. Apr 15RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. Apr 15NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. Apr 15TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  16. Apr 20REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  17. Apr 21No ActionBoth houses