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Introduced
03/10/2025
03/10/2025
In Committee
03/10/2025
03/10/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal; requiring municipalities to submit plans for municipal waste management systems in their jurisdictions; authorizing grants to municipalities; providing regulation of the management of municipal, residual and hazardous waste; requiring permits for operating hazardous waste and solid waste storage, processing, treatment, and disposal facilities; and licenses for transportation of hazardous waste; imposing duties on persons and municipalities; granting powers to municipalities; authorizing the Environmental Quality Board and the Department of Environmental Resources to adopt rules, regulations, standards and procedures; granting powers to and imposing duties upon county health departments; providing remedies; prescribing penalties; and establishing a fund," in enforcement and remedies, providing for criminal proceedings.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Solid Waste Management Act to explicitly authorize criminal proceedings for violations of the act and its regulations. Specifically, the bill allows the Office of Attorney General (under the Commonwealth Attorneys Act) or any district attorney in an affected county to initiate criminal proceedings to enforce the Solid Waste Management Act. The key change is the addition of language that broadens enforcement capabilities by allowing criminal prosecution not just for the act itself, but also for any regulations created under the act. This means that state or county prosecutors now have a clear legal pathway to pursue criminal charges against individuals or entities that violate solid waste management laws or related regulations. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage, providing a relatively quick implementation of the expanded enforcement mechanism.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (13)
Kristine Howard (D)*,
Tim Brennan (D),
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D),
Mary Jo Daley (D),
Bob Freeman (D),
Roni Green (D),
Jim Haddock (D),
Carol Hill-Evans (D),
Danielle Otten (D),
Chris Pielli (D),
Ben Sanchez (D),
Mike Schlossberg (D),
Mandy Steele (D),
Last Action
Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection (on 03/10/2025)
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