HB 1576 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO PROHIBIT A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL TO BE PLACED OVER A KARST TOPOGRAPHY.

HB 1576 aimed to prohibit the placement of solid waste landfills in specific geological areas. The bill proposed to ban landfills in the outcrop areas of geologic formations, explicitly including karst topography. This measure would have directly affected waste management companies by restricting potential landfill sites and aimed to protect communities and environments in areas with these geological features.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action May 5, 2025

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 3

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor