THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM

Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair

Senator Bennette E. Misalucha, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2022

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

TIME:

3:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 224 & Videoconference

TIMESLOT:

EET

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

 

PHOTO ID AND PROOF OF 1) FULL VACCINATION OR 2) A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TAKEN WITHIN

72-HOURS REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL BEGINNING ON MARCH 7, 2022

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

This policy is subject to change and may be adjusted based on evolving COVID-19 guidelines.

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HB 2399, HD1

      (HSCR829-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.

Establishes an extended producer responsibility program.  Requires certain producers of fast-moving consumer goods to register with the Department of Health and pay an annual fee based on the amount of packaging volume the covered producer places on the market each calendar year.  Provides for the deposit of fees into an extended producer responsibility special fund.  Provides for the expenditure of moneys from the extended producer responsibility special fund for the creation of a report that assesses the resources needed to reduce the volume of packaging waste sent to landfills or power plants that burn municipal solid waste as a fuel by fifty per cent and eighty per cent by a date to be determined by rule.  Appropriates moneys.  Effective 7/1/2100.  (HD1)

 

AEN/EET, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

No testimony will be accepted.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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