Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Environment and Natural Resources Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 876
Requires Department of Environmental Quality or State Department of Agriculture approval as prerequisite to construction, installation, operation or maintenance of large confined animal feeding operation or large concentrated animal feeding operation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality or State Department of Agriculture approval as prerequisite to construction, installation, operation or maintenance of large confined animal feeding operation or large concentrated animal feeding operation. Requires State Department of Agriculture confirmation of adequate water supply availability and issuance of necessary federal, state and local licenses and permits prior to issuance of final approval of feeding operation by department or Department of Environmental Quality. Limits fees for approvals. Requires that permit for large confined animal feeding operation or large concentrated feeding operation located in ground water management area and applying animal waste to land be issued as individual permit. Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality and State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules making insurance policy or alternative security prerequisite to permit for operating or conducting large confined animal feeding operation or large concentrated animal feeding operation. Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality and State Department of Agriculture to undertake cleanup and repurposing of vacated large confined animal feeding operation or large concentrated animal feeding operation. Allows action to recover costs that Department of Environmental Quality or State Department of Agriculture incurs due to reckless, malicious, bad faith or illegal conduct encountered during investigation or proceeding concerning large confined animal feeding operation or concentrated animal feeding operation violation of certain laws, rules or permit terms and conditions. Specifies that permit requirement for activities increasing effluent in manner not already lawfully authorized applies for large concentrated animal feeding operations.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 28 to June 30, 2019, 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.
Every action5 actions on 5 days
In the SenateFeb 28 to Jun 30 · stopped122 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 28 to Mar 11 day
Environment and Natural ResourcesMar 1 to Jun 30 · stopped121 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative 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 Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Feb 28 – Jun 30
- Feb 28Introduced
- Mar 1Sent to Environment and Natural Resources
- Mar 21Heard in Environment and Natural Resources
- Apr 9Heard in Environment and Natural Resources
- Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 5 actions, as published
- Feb 28Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
- Mar 1Referred to Environment and Natural Resources, then Ways and Means.Senate
- Mar 21Public Hearing held.Senate
- Apr 9Work Session held.Senate
- Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.Senate