In the Senate's Commerce Committee since March 5, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 418
AN ACT CONCERNING STREAMLINING CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERMITTING PROCESSES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to (1) develop a framework for allowing third-party qualified professionals to conduct permit review and make permit decision recommendations to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (2) conduct a review of all permits that are within the commissioner's jurisdiction.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
March 5 to March 6, 2026, 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.
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 Senate Mar 5 – Mar 6
- Mar 5Introduced and sent to Commerce Committee
- Mar 6Heard in Commerce Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Mar 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses