AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE
Summary
Raises the minimum fee per barrel of petroleum products or crude oil from five cents ($0.05) to ten cents ($0.10) per barrel as part of the uniform oil spill response and prevention fee.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025
Last action Jun 10, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 10, 2025
How they voted
29–5
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
Jun 10, 2025
D
Democratic32
90% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jun 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 5, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
May 20, 2025
Committee
05/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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