Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy and Environment Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1187
Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: This Act creates a program to recover the costs of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change. Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to serve as the lead agency of an interagency team. Requires the department to conduct an assessment on the costs of greenhouse gas emissions. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to issue cost recovery demand notices to entities determined to be responsible for the costs of climate change. Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Account. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsors
4 co-sponsors
Lew Frederick, Mark Meek, Kathleen Taylor, James Manning Jr.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
3 co-sponsors
Its course
March 17 to June 27, 2025, 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 4 days
In the SenateMar 17 to Jun 27 · stopped102 days
Waiting for a committeeMar 17 to Mar 170 days
Energy and EnvironmentMar 17 to Jun 27 · stopped102 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 Mar 17 – Jun 27
- Mar 17Introduced
- Sent to Energy and Environment
- Apr 7Heard in Energy and Environment
- Apr 9Heard in Energy and Environment
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 5 actions, as published
- Mar 17Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
- Mar 17Referred to Energy and Environment.Senate
- Apr 7Public Hearing held.Senate
- Apr 9Public Hearing held.Senate
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate