TO REQUIRE A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CONTRACT RELATING TO A HOST FEE TO BE VOTED ON AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF A HOST COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE LANDFILL IS LOCATED.
House Bill 1768, now Act 815, requires that contracts detailing host fees paid by solid waste landfills to their host communities be put to a vote. This vote must occur at a regularly scheduled meeting of both the city and the county where the landfill is located. These host fee contracts are also subject to a term limit, stating they may not exceed a period of four years.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 12, 2025
Signed Apr 17, 2025
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What changed between versions
Act 815
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HB 1768
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2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from Act 815 to HB 1768, removing the approval date and adding standard bill header information. No substantive policy changes were made to the legislative content itself.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date line that indicated Act 815 was approved on 4/17/25
Added blank lines and updated bill header information to reflect HB 1768 format for the 95th General Assembly
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1768 is now Act 815
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Missy Irvin
RRepublican
P
Robin Lundstrum
RRepublican
Co
Steve Unger
RRepublican
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