"Protect our Health from Plastics Act."

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

NJ S 4656

Region

New Jersey

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2026-2027 Regular Session

Sponsors

Robert G. Smith

Last action

Oct 1, 2026 · Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

AT A GLANCE This act requires producers of covered plastic packaging to register annually and reduce packaging against baseline by 10% within two years, reaching 50% within 10 years. FULL SUMMARY Establishes requirements for producers of covered plastic packaging sold, offered for sale, imported, or distributed in New Jersey. Producers must register annually with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), pay a variable registration fee, report packaging by unit and weight, certify compliance, and provide required information. Producers must reduce covered plastic packaging against their registration-year baseline by 10% within two years of registration, 20% within four years, 30% within six years, 40% within eight years, and 50% within 10 years. Reductions may use packaging elimination or reduction, reuse and refill systems, rightsizing or lightweighting, optimization, or replacement with nonplastic materials, but may not be achieved through disposal. DEP may waive reductions for specified non-food-contact packaging if at least 75% by weight was managed through a reuse and refill system in the preceding calendar year. Beginning three years after the act’s effective date,...

Solid waste: products: recycled content claims.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

CA AB 2253

Region

California

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Assembly

Session

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Tasha Boerner

Last action

Sep 27, 2026 · Vetoed by Governor.

AT A GLANCE Beginning January 1, 2030, this bill requires manufacturers and suppliers making recycled-content claims on product labels to document actual recycled content and compliant chain-of-custody methods for all products. FULL SUMMARY Beginning January 1, 2030, requirements for voluntary recycled-content claims on physical product labels and digital labels for products sold online will apply to all products, rather than only plastic food-container products. Manufacturers and suppliers must maintain written documentation showing that claimed recycled material was diverted from the waste stream, that the claim conforms to the Federal Trade Commission’s environmental-marketing guides as they read on January 1, 2026, and that the claimed amount does not exceed third-party-certified recycled content introduced into the company’s overall supply stream for the relevant product line. Audited documentation may be used where third-party certification is infeasible. Claims must be based on actual recycled content used in producing the material, calculated through specified chain-of-custody models under ISO 22095:2020(E), proportional attribution under ISO 22095-2:2026, or another spe...

Environmental protection: recycling and waste utilization; recycling of single-use and rechargeable batteries; provide for. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding secs. 17121 & 17161 to subpt. 2 of pt. 171. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6160'26

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

MI HB 6159

Region

Michigan

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Tyrone Carter

Last action

Jul 14, 2026 · bill electronically reproduced 07/03/2026

AT A GLANCE This act, if specified companion legislation is enacted, authorizes stewardship organizations and independent producers implementing approved plans to sue producers or plan operators to recover costs exceeding $1,000, damages, fees, and expenses. FULL SUMMARY The bill adds definitions for a battery stewardship framework, including covered batteries, battery-containing products, producers, stewardship organizations, stewardship plans, collection sites, recycling, and end-of-life management. Covered batteries generally include portable and medium-format batteries, loose batteries, and batteries readily removable from products or motorized devices, while excluding specified medical-device, free-liquid, certain lead-acid, embedded, recalled, vehicle, and mercuric-oxide batteries. Producer responsibility is assigned primarily to manufacturers, brand owners, licensees, importers, or—in specified circumstances—the first in-state seller; a retailer or distributor is excluded when another producer supplies the battery and certifies that it has designated a stewardship organization. A stewardship organization or independent producer implementing a stewardship plan may bring a...

Environmental protection: recycling and waste utilization; recycling of single-use and rechargeable batteries; provide for. Amends heading of pt. 171 & secs. 17101, 17104, 17105b & 17107 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.17101 et seq.); designates secs. 17101 - 17109 as subpt.1 of pt. 171; adds subpt. 2 to pt. 171 & repeals sec. 17105c of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.17105c). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6159'26

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

MI HB 6160

Region

Michigan

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

David W. Martin

Last action

Jul 14, 2026 · bill electronically reproduced 07/03/2026

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits producers, beginning January 1, 2028, and anyone knowingly disposing of covered batteries, beginning January 1, 2029, from using anything except approved stewardship programs or department-approved methods. FULL SUMMARY The bill reorganizes Part 171 of Michigan’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act by designating existing battery-disposal provisions as Subpart 1 and adding a new Subpart 2 governing battery stewardship. It removes the definitions of “nickel cadmium battery” and “solid waste disposal area,” makes terminology and statutory cross-reference corrections, eliminates the existing manufacturer collection-site and purchaser-notification requirements for non-button-cell mercuric oxide batteries, and increases the maximum fine for knowing unlawful disposal by a person other than a retailer, distributor, or manufacturer from $25 to $100. Section 17105c is repealed. Beginning January 1, 2028, producers may dispose of covered batteries or batteries from battery-containing products only through an approved stewardship program or other department-approved method; beginning January 1, 2029, the same restriction applies to any person...

Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act"

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

NY A 1749

Region

New York

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Deborah J. Glick

Last action

Jun 5, 2026 · Substitute S 1464 action - COMMITTED TO RULES

AT A GLANCE This bill requires covered-packaging producers in New York to register, report packaging, pay fees, and meet reduction, recyclability, and reuse targets, including recyclability requirements beginning January 1, 2032. FULL SUMMARY The bill amends the Environmental Conservation Law by adding Title 34, the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, establishing an extended producer responsibility program for covered packaging sold, offered for sale, imported, or distributed in New York. Producers—excluding governments, specified charitable or social-welfare organizations, and de minimis producers—must register with a packaging reduction and recycling organization, report packaging quantities and categories, pay program fees, and certify compliance. Covered packaging broadly includes paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, metal, multilayer materials, and single-use plastic products, subject to specified exclusions such as regulated medical, hazardous, beverage-deposit, infant-formula, medical-food, and architectural-paint packaging. For the first 10 years, the Department of Environmental Conservation must approve a single nonprofit organization to administer the p...

Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act"

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

NY S 1464

Region

New York

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Pete Harckham

Last action

Jun 5, 2026 · COMMITTED TO RULES

AT A GLANCE This bill establishes an extended producer responsibility program requiring covered-packaging producers to register, report packaging data, pay annual fees, and meet staged reduction, reuse, recycling, and recycled-content requirements. FULL SUMMARY The bill adds a new Title 34 to New York’s Environmental Conservation Law, the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, and establishes an extended producer responsibility program for covered packaging. Producers generally must register with a department-approved nonprofit packaging reduction and recycling organization, report packaging categories, brands, quantities, and weights, pay annual fees, submit compliance declarations, and meet packaging reduction, recycled-content, recyclability, reuse, and recycling-rate requirements. De minimis producers, governments, qualifying charities, and specified federally regulated or otherwise exempt packaging are excluded. The Department of Environmental Conservation must approve an initial organization within six months, adopt implementing rules within 18 months, register service providers, maintain minimum recyclables lists, conduct a statewide needs assessment within...

End-of-Life Management of Electric Vehicle Batteries

Type

Legislation

Status

Enacted

Bill

CO SB 26-003

Region

Colorado

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Lisa Cutter, Katie Wallace, Kyle Brown, Rebekah Stewart

Last action

Jun 3, 2026 · Governor Signed

Senate Bill 25-163, concerning the establishment of battery stewardship programs for the disposal of certain batteries, created the 'Battery Stewardship Act', which requires the establishment of battery stewardship organizations and the submittal of battery stewardship plans to the executive director of the department of public health and environment (executive director) for the collection, transportation, processing, and recycling of certain batteries. The act expands the scope of the 'Battery Stewardship Act' to cover the end-of-life management of propulsion batteries, which are batteries that are primarily used to supply power to an electric or hybrid vehicle, and establishes requirements concerning propulsion batteries that differ from the requirements for the batteries currently contemplated by the 'Battery Stewardship Act'. On or before July 1, 2027, a person selling, offering for sale, or distributing propulsion batteries or vehicles containing a propulsion battery in or into the state (propulsion battery provider) is required to register with the department of public health and environment (department). On or before January 2, 2029, a propulsion battery provider or group...

Establishes extended producer responsibility for gas cylinders

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

NY A 8195

Region

New York

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Emily E. Gallagher

Last action

May 28, 2026 · REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

AT A GLANCE This bill requires producers of covered consumer gas cylinders to submit collection plans by December 31, 2029, and implement producer-funded stewardship programs by July 1, 2030. FULL SUMMARY The bill amends the Environmental Conservation Law by adding an extended producer-responsibility program for consumer gas cylinders, generally covering refillable or nonrefillable cylinders with water capacity greater than one-half pound and up to 50 pounds, including cylinders containing helium, carbon dioxide, propane, butane, and other compressed gases. Medical and industrial-grade cylinders, cylinders used by medical facilities or commercial enterprises, and cylinders containing specified gases or products are excluded. Beginning January 1, 2031, knowingly disposing of covered gas cylinders as solid waste is prohibited. By December 31, 2029, each producer, producer group, or nonprofit representative organization must submit a department-approved collection plan; producers must implement the program by July 1, 2030, and may not sell covered cylinders in New York without participating in an approved plan. Programs must be financed by producers, free and convenient for consume...

An Act Relating To Health And Safety -- Extended Producer Responsibility For Packaging And Paper Act (Creates Multiple Chapters To Provide And Establish A Comprehensive Program For Extended Producer Responsibility For Packaging And Paper, And For Recycling Of Beverage Containers.)

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

RI HB 7911

Region

Rhode Island

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2026-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Carol Hagan McEntee

Last action

May 27, 2026 · Committee recommended measure be held for further study

AT A GLANCE Beginning July 1, 2030, this bill prohibits producers from introducing covered packaging, paper products, and beverage containers without approved responsibility programs or individual plans. FULL SUMMARY Creates a comprehensive Rhode Island extended producer responsibility system for packaging, paper products, and covered beverage containers, administered and enforced by the Department of Environmental Management. The bill establishes separate packaging and recycling-refund producer responsibility organizations (PROs), while allowing individual producer plans and permitting the same organization to administer both programs. Producers generally must join the applicable PRO or operate under an approved individual plan; covered materials include packaging and specified paper products, subject to extensive exemptions for medical, food, agricultural, hazardous, and other materials. Packaging PROs must register, collect producer fees, contract directly with service providers, fund covered services, conduct needs assessments, submit five-year program plans, establish collection, recycling, composting, reuse, return, source-reduction, and postconsumer-recycled-content targe...

Establishes extended producer responsibility for gas cylinders

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

NY S 7552

Region

New York

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Brian P. Kavanagh

Last action

May 15, 2026 · PRINT NUMBER 7552B

AT A GLANCE This bill requires gas-cylinder producers to submit approved statewide collection plans by December 31, 2029, implement funded recycling programs by July 1, 2030, and prohibits covered-cylinder disposal as solid waste beginning January 1, 2031. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes a new extended producer responsibility program for consumer gas cylinders under Article 27 of the Environmental Conservation Law. Covered cylinders are refillable or nonrefillable cylinders larger than one-half pound and up to 50 pounds of water capacity used for household or personal purposes, including cylinders containing helium, carbon dioxide, propane, or butane; medical, industrial, commercial-use, oxygen, refrigerant, acetylene, hydrogen, ethylene, and foam-adhesive cylinders are excluded. Beginning January 1, 2031, knowingly disposing of covered gas cylinders as solid waste is prohibited. By December 31, 2029, each producer, group of producers, or representative organization must submit a department-approved collection plan; producers entering the market after that date must submit or join an approved plan before selling in New York. Plans must provide free, convenient statewide collec...

PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM FOR STATEWIDE RECYCLING ACT

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MO HB 3504

Region

Missouri

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Wick Thomas

Last action

May 15, 2026 · Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits producers from selling or distributing products using covered materials in Missouri beginning July 1, 2029, unless they participate in the producer responsibility program or operate an alternative plan approved by the director. FULL SUMMARY The bill adds fifteen sections to Chapter 260, RSMo, creating the Producer Responsibility Program for Statewide Recycling Act. It establishes a Department of Natural Resources advisory board with 13 voting members representing local governments, recycling and composting facilities, haulers, businesses, retailers, environmental and community organizations, and underserved communities, plus two nonvoting members. The board advises on a statewide recycling-needs assessment, reviews program plans and annual reports, and recommends approvals, revisions, and updates to the minimum recyclable list. By June 1, 2028, producers must establish a nonprofit producer responsibility organization, which must fund an independent statewide needs assessment, submit a five-year program plan by February 1, 2030, and administer the plan after director approval. The plan must provide convenient and equitable recycling services for re...

Lubricants waste: packaging: producer responsibility.

Type

Legislation

Status

On Floor

Bill

CA AB 2245

Region

California

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Assembly

Session

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Michelle Rodriguez

Last action

May 14, 2026 · In committee: Held under submission.

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits producers, beginning January 1, 2031, or upon plan approval, whichever occurs first, from selling, importing, offering, or distributing covered products unless registered and covered by an approved plan. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes the Lubricant Waste and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act of 2026 in the Public Resources Code. It creates producer responsibility requirements for covered liquid products not subject to the existing used-oil recycling program—such as coolants, antifreeze, lubricants, greases, and certain additives—and for specified primary lubricant packaging, generally plastic containers of 15 gallons or less. Covered products exclude, among other items, fuels sold primarily for combustion, cosmetics, drugs, food products, products typically used by vehicle-maintenance businesses, bulk containers over 15 gallons, secondary and tertiary packaging, and rigid metal containers. Covered packaging is excluded from the existing Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. CalRecycle, in coordination with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, must adopt implementing regulations with an effective date...

Producer Responsibility Dues Appeals Process

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

CO SB 26-192

Region

Colorado

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Lisa Cutter, Junie Joseph, Matt Soper

Last action

May 12, 2026 · House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 05/14/2026 - No Amendments

AT A GLANCE This bill establishes an administrative hearing process allowing producers, after receiving final invoices and completing required mediation, to challenge producer-responsibility dues for compliance with governing plans and rules. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes a statutory appeals process for producer-responsibility dues based on eco-modulation factors and benchmarks. It authorizes the Producer Responsibility Program for Statewide Recycling Advisory Board, upon a producer’s request, to conduct an administrative hearing under Colorado’s Administrative Procedure Act concerning dues assessed by a producer responsibility organization, an additional producer responsibility organization, or an individual producer operating an alternative collection program. A producer may request a hearing after receiving a final invoice and completing any required mediation with the relevant assessing entity. The appeal may contest whether the dues comply with the final plan, applicable Solid and Hazardous Waste Commission rules, and Part 7 of Title 25. After the hearing, the advisory board must issue written recommendations to the Department of Public Health and Environment on whether...

System for collecting and recycling discarded tires required to be financed and operated by tire producers, account established, and money appropriated.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MN HF 5129

Region

Minnesota

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Sydney Jordan, Larry Kraft, Kristi Pursell

Last action

May 12, 2026 · Authors added Kraft and Pursell

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits selling or offering tires in Minnesota beginning January 1, 2027, unless producers participate in a commissioner-approved statewide discarded-tire stewardship plan. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes a statewide discarded-tire product stewardship program in Minnesota, financed and operated by tire producers. Beginning January 1, 2027, tires may not be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the producer participates in a commissioner-approved stewardship plan. Approved programs must provide statewide collection through covered entities, free public drop-off, transportation for recycling, resale or recycling of all collected tires, suitable storage, public outreach, market development as needed, and funding solely through producer fees. Producer fees must cover but not exceed program costs, and the program must maintain a reserve sufficient to operate for at least six months; no fees or other costs may be imposed on the public, nonproducer businesses, tire managers, government entities, or other nonproducers. Stewardship organizations must submit plans identifying participating producers, financing, facilities, performance goals, infrastructure...

An Act amending the act of November 23, 2010 (P.L.1083, No.108), known as the Covered Device Recycling Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in duties of manufacturers and retailers, further providing for sales prohibition, for registration and for manufacturer plan and reporting; and, in administration, further providing for duties of department, for annual report and for enforcement.

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

PA SB 1317

Region

Pennsylvania

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Tracy Pennycuick

Last action

May 1, 2026 · Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy

AT A GLANCE This bill expands Pennsylvania’s device-recycling program to cover additional electronics and requires manufacturers to meet market-share collection obligations, register annually by August 31, and pay $2 per pound for shortfalls. FULL SUMMARY The bill expands Pennsylvania’s Covered Device Recycling Act to cover additional consumer electronics, including smartphones, tablets, smart watches, e-readers, wireless earbuds or headphones, printers, fax machines, data-bearing wearable devices, and networking equipment such as routers, modems, wireless access points, and switches. Mobile phones would no longer be excluded; the exclusion would be limited to landline telephones. The definition of “consumer” would include qualifying small businesses with up to 100 employees, rather than 50, and “manufacturer” would encompass manufacturers of any covered device. The bill replaces the obligated-share terminology with market-share and market-share-obligation requirements and directs the Department of Environmental Protection to calculate obligations using manufacturers’ national sales, Pennsylvania’s share of the national population, prior-year collection weights, and an adjustmen...

Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment

Type

Legislation

Status

Enacted

Bill

MD HB 833

Region

Maryland

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Regina T. Boyce, Dana M. Stein, Nicholas Allen, Jay A. Jacobs, Darrell C. Odom

Last action

Apr 28, 2026 · Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251

AT A GLANCE This act reestablishes the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety and requires it to study battery safety and submit interim findings by December 1, 2026, and final recommendations by December 1, 2027. FULL SUMMARY The Act reestablishes the Commission to Advance Lithium–Ion Battery Safety in Maryland with members serving on December 31, 2025, plus additional representatives from the Maryland Port Administration, ocean freight shipping, property-casualty and commercial insurance, the Land and Materials Administration, Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland, and the Maryland Turfgrass Council. The Commission may add other members it considers necessary. The chair serving on December 31, 2025, continues as chair, and the Office of the State Fire Marshal provides staff. Members receive no compensation but may be reimbursed under State travel regulations. The Commission must study and make legislative, regulatory, programmatic, or other recommendations on lithium-ion battery fire prevention, detection, and suppression in consumer, transportation, utility, and recycling applications; reuse, recycling, decommissioning, collection, and storage; and the viabi...

Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment

Type

Legislation

Status

Enacted

Bill

MD SB 553

Region

Maryland

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Malcolm Augustine

Last action

Apr 28, 2026 · Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252

AT A GLANCE This act reestablishes the Commission to Advance Lithium–Ion Battery Safety in Maryland through June 30, 2028, requiring an interim report by December 1, 2026, and findings and recommendations by December 1, 2027. FULL SUMMARY The Act reestablishes the Commission to Advance Lithium–Ion Battery Safety in Maryland through June 30, 2028. Its membership includes the members serving on December 31, 2025, along with representatives of the Maryland Port Administration, ocean freight shipping industry, property-casualty and commercial insurance industries, Land and Materials Administration, Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland, and Maryland Turfgrass Council, plus any other members the Commission considers necessary. The Office of the State Fire Marshal must provide staff; members are unpaid but may receive expense reimbursement under State travel regulations. The Commission must study and develop legislative, regulatory, programmatic, or other recommendations concerning lithium-ion battery fire prevention, detection, and suppression in consumer, transportation, utility, and recycling applications; reuse, recycling, decommissioning, collection, and storage practices...

creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

NH HB 1602

Region

New Hampshire

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Karen Ebel

Last action

Apr 23, 2026 · Sen. Rosenwald Move to Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 04/23/2026; SJ 10

AT A GLANCE This bill requires producers of covered batteries and battery-containing products sold in New Hampshire to participate in and fund an approved stewardship organization and plan beginning July 1, 2028. FULL SUMMARY The bill inserts a new Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship subdivision into RSA 149-M. Beginning July 1, 2028, producers selling, offering, or distributing covered batteries or battery-containing products in New Hampshire must participate in, and fund, a department-approved stewardship organization and plan; nonparticipating producers may not sell or distribute those products. Covered batteries generally include portable and medium-format primary or rechargeable batteries, subject to exclusions for specified medical-device, liquid-electrolyte, larger lead-acid, non-removable, recalled, and motor-vehicle batteries. Retailers likewise may not sell products from nonparticipating producers, but are not required to serve as collection sites; no producer, retailer, or stewardship organization may charge consumers a point-of-sale or collection fee. Stewardship organizations must submit plans by January 1, 2028, for department approval. Plans must ide...

Environment and Natural Resources provisions and modifications

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MN SF 5211

Region

Minnesota

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Foung Hawj

Last action

Apr 23, 2026 · Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy

AT A GLANCE This bill replaces existing electronics and rechargeable-battery programs with producer-funded stewardship programs requiring producers to join stewardship organizations by July 1, 2027, and provide free statewide collection and recycling. FULL SUMMARY The bill appropriates $50,000 in fiscal year 2027 to the Pollution Control Agency for air-compliance equipment maintenance, $1.5 million in fiscal year 2026 to the Department of Natural Resources for public-safety costs, $3.8 million in fiscal year 2026 to the Zoological Board, $5.525 million in fiscal year 2027 to the Metropolitan Council for specified tree-planting, fishing-pier, and community grants, and $5 million for the Cedar Riverside Recreation Center. It extends certain tree-planting appropriations through June 30, 2028, repeals a prior Cedar Riverside appropriation, adds land to Frontenac and Great River Bluffs state parks, removes specified land from Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, and authorizes sales or conveyances of surplus waterfront land in Becker, Mille Lacs, Pine, and Wabasha Counties, including no-consideration conveyances to a federally recognized Tribe or the city of Elgin subject to stated easement...

Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship Act

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MN SF 5174

Region

Minnesota

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Nick A. Frentz

Last action

Apr 20, 2026 · Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits manufacturers from selling covered electronic devices beginning July 1, 2027, and producers from selling covered batteries beginning January 1, 2028, unless they meet labeling, registration, and approved-program requirements. FULL SUMMARY Establishes the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship Act. Beginning January 1, 2028, producers may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute covered batteries or battery-containing products in Minnesota unless they participate in an approved stewardship program. Programs must be producer-funded, provide free and statewide collection for covered batteries, reimburse reasonable collection-site costs, meet specified access standards—including portable-battery service within 15 miles of at least 95 percent of residents and medium-format battery sites and events—manage batteries in an environmentally sound manner, and achieve annual recycling-efficiency targets of at least 60 percent for rechargeable batteries and 70 percent for primary batteries. Point-of-sale and point-of-collection fees for program administration are prohibited. Producers must submit plans, support education and outreach, file annual fin...

Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship Act enacted, covered electronics device manufacturer electronic waste recycling program established, Electronics Recycling Advisory Task Force established, civil penalties created, and money appropriated.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MN HF 4997

Region

Minnesota

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Joe McDonald

Last action

Apr 16, 2026 · Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits battery producers and covered-electronics manufacturers from selling products in Minnesota unless they join approved stewardship programs and meet labeling and collection requirements beginning July 1, 2027, and January 1, 2028, respectively. FULL SUMMARY Establishes the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship Act. Beginning January 1, 2028, producers may not sell, offer, or distribute covered portable or medium-format batteries or battery-containing products in Minnesota unless they participate in an approved stewardship program. Stewardship plans must identify participating producers and contractors, provide statewide free and continuous collection, meet specified site-access standards, achieve recycling-efficiency targets of at least 60% for rechargeable batteries and 70% for primary batteries, fund collection and management without point-of-sale or point-of-collection fees, conduct education and outreach, and submit detailed annual financial, operational, collection, recycling, and facility reports. Plans are subject to Pollution Control Agency review, public comment, periodic renewal, fees, and enforcement; violations generally carr...

A bill for an act providing for the implementation of battery stewardship plans, making appropriations, and providing penalties.(Formerly SF 545, SSB 1196.)

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

IA SF 2477

Region

Iowa

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Senate Committee on Appropriations

Last action

Apr 16, 2026 · Subcommittee recommends passage.

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits producers and retailers from selling, offering, or distributing covered batteries or battery-containing products in Iowa beginning January 1, 2028, unless producers operate under department-approved stewardship plans and batteries carry required markings. FULL SUMMARY The bill replaces Iowa Code section 455D.10A with a battery stewardship program covering portable and medium-format batteries, subject to exclusions including lead-acid batteries, free-liquid electrolyte batteries, certain medical-device and motor-vehicle batteries, and batteries not designed for user removal. Producers must submit department-approved stewardship plans by January 1, 2027. Plans must identify participating producers and brands, establish collection and recycling targets—including minimum recycling-efficiency targets of 60% for rechargeable batteries and 70% for primary batteries—provide free statewide collection, address safety and damaged-battery handling, fund all program costs, and include education, outreach, recordkeeping, and proposed service providers. The bill also adds stewardship-plan information to the statutory category of confidential proprietary informat...

A bill for an act providing for the implementation of battery stewardship plans, making appropriations, and providing penalties.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

IA HF 726

Region

Iowa

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Barbara Kniff McCulla

Last action

Apr 14, 2026 · Subcommittee recommends passage.

The document outlines a comprehensive battery stewardship plan designed to improve the collection, recycling, and management of covered batteries in Iowa. Starting January 1, 2028, producers and retailers will be prohibited from selling or distributing covered batteries or battery-containing products unless they operate under an approved stewardship plan. By January 1, 2029, these products must be marked to ensure proper collection and recycling. Battery stewardship organizations are required to provide collection containers at no cost to collection sites and ensure statewide collection opportunities for all covered batteries. They must also develop educational materials and conduct outreach to promote battery recycling and inform the public about disposal restrictions. Annual reports detailing financial assessments, collection rates, recycling efficiency, and educational efforts will be required starting June 1, 2029. The plan significantly impacts various industries, including battery manufacturers, retailers, waste management companies, and recycling facilities, as they must comply with new collection and reporting requirements. Organizations will be responsible for all costs...

Relating to batteries.

Type

Legislation

Status

Enacted

Bill

OR HB 4144

Region

Oregon

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Emerson Levy, Courtney Neron Misslin, Hai Pham, Janeen Sollman, Sue Rieke Smith

Last action

Apr 13, 2026 · Chapter 119, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027.

AT A GLANCE This bill requires covered battery producers selling in Oregon to join nonprofit producer responsibility organizations and fund statewide collection and recycling programs, which must operate by July 1, 2029. FULL SUMMARY Establishes a statewide battery producer responsibility system in ORS chapter 459A for portable and medium-format batteries and products containing them, subject to specified exclusions including certain medical-device batteries, free-liquid electrolyte batteries, large lead-acid batteries, non-removable batteries, vehicle batteries, battery energy storage systems and recalled batteries. Covered producers may not sell, offer for sale or distribute covered products in or into Oregon unless they participate in a nonprofit battery producer responsibility organization (PRO); producers remain responsible even when program duties are delegated to a PRO. Requires each PRO to submit a Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) plan describing participating producers and brands, collection and responsible-management services, public education, performance goals, coordination, and producer-funded budgets. DEQ must act on plans within prescribed review periods;...

Enacting the safe battery collection and recycling stewardship act and prohibiting the sale of covered batteries or battery-containing products unless the producer is part of a battery stewardship organization with an approved plan.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

KS HB 2567

Region

Kansas

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Last action

Apr 10, 2026 · Died in Committee

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits producers and retailers from selling or distributing covered batteries and battery-containing products in Kansas beginning January 1, 2028, unless producers participate in department-approved stewardship plans. FULL SUMMARY Establishes a statewide battery stewardship program for portable and medium-format batteries and products containing them. Beginning January 1, 2028, producers and retailers generally may not sell or distribute covered batteries or battery-containing products in Kansas unless the producer participates in a battery stewardship organization with a department-approved plan. Batteries must carry producer identification beginning January 1, 2028, and chemistry and “do not dispose as household waste” labeling beginning January 1, 2029, subject to size exemptions; point-of-sale stewardship fees to consumers are prohibited. Covered batteries exclude specified medical-device, free-liquid-electrolyte, motor-vehicle, non-removable, recalled, and business-resale batteries, among other exclusions. Battery stewardship organizations must submit plans for approval by January 1, 2027. Plans may run for no more than five years and must cover all...

Prohibiting certain products that contain intentionally added PFAS and requiring disclosure of information and the testing of products that contain intentionally added PFAS and are sold, offered for sale, distributed or distributed for sale in this state.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

KS HB 2674

Region

Kansas

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Last action

Apr 10, 2026 · Died in Committee

AT A GLANCE This act prohibits manufacturers from selling, offering, or distributing products containing intentionally added PFAS in Kansas, covering specified products beginning January 1, 2027, and additional categories beginning January 1, 2028. FULL SUMMARY Establishes a PFAS protection framework prohibiting manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, distributing, or distributing for sale in Kansas products containing intentionally added PFAS. Beginning January 1, 2027, the prohibition applies to cookware, food packaging, dental floss, juvenile products, and firefighting foam. Beginning January 1, 2028, it applies to carpets and rugs, cleaning products, cosmetics, fabric treatments, feminine hygiene products, textiles, textile furnishings, ski waxes, and upholstered furniture. The prohibitions exclude, among other products, federally preempted products; used products; FDA-regulated medical devices, drugs, and related packaging; specified veterinary products, vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, semiconductors, nonconsumer electronics and laboratory equipment, electricity-sector products, solid fluoropolymers, federally regulated pesticides, qualifying refrigerant-related prod...

AN ACT relating to battery stewardship.

Type

Legislation

Status

Enacted

Bill

KY SB 49

Region

Kentucky

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Greg Elkins, Rick Girdler, Steve Rawlings

Last action

Apr 10, 2026 · signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87)

AT A GLANCE This act prohibits persons from placing covered batteries in curbside, commercial front-load, or roll-off waste or recycling containers beginning June 30, 2027, and requires the cabinet to establish a stewardship program by March 31, 2027. FULL SUMMARY The act creates new battery-stewardship requirements in Kentucky. Beginning June 30, 2027, covered batteries may not be placed in curbside, commercial front-load, or roll-off containers used for solid-waste disposal or recycling. Covered batteries include portable and medium-format batteries within specified weight and watt-hour limits, subject to exclusions for certain medical-device, liquid-electrolyte, motor-vehicle, non-removable, recalled, and business-resale batteries. Battery-containing products are also defined, with exclusions for listed electronics and other products. By March 31, 2027, the cabinet must establish a Covered Battery Stewardship Program to educate the public, support voluntary stewardship organizations, oversee voluntary take-back of rechargeable batteries, assess take-back options for embedded batteries, promote battery recovery markets, and reduce damage to waste infrastructure. The cabinet mu...

Stewardship program for circuit boards, batteries, and electrical products established; mercury in batteries prohibited; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MN HF 1426

Region

Minnesota

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Athena Hollins, Joe McDonald, Danny Nadeau, Roger Skraba, Aisha Gomez

Last action

Apr 9, 2026 · Author added Falconer

AT A GLANCE This bill requires producers of covered circuit boards, batteries, cathode-ray tubes, and electrical products containing them to fund a statewide stewardship program and contract with one nonprofit organization by October 1, 2026. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes a producer-funded stewardship program for covered circuit boards, batteries, cathode-ray tubes, and electrical products containing them, with exclusions for specified medical devices, motor vehicles, major appliances, high-voltage equipment, and products intended solely for industrial or commercial use. By October 1, 2026, producers must contract with a single nonprofit stewardship organization, which must submit a statewide plan to the commissioner. The plan must provide collection regardless of brand, producer participation, battery chemistry, or capacity; meet county-based site requirements and place a permanent collection site within ten miles of at least 95 percent of Minnesota residents; ensure responsible downstream management; provide outreach, multilingual educational materials, reporting, audits, reimbursement procedures, and cost allocation among producer groups. Producers collectively must pay p...

Stewardship program establishment for circuit boards, batteries, and electrical products

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MN SF 1690

Region

Minnesota

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Robert J. Kupec, Jim Abeler, Aric Putnam, Foung Hawj, Jim Carlson

Last action

Apr 7, 2026 · Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Environment, Climate, and Legacy

The document outlines a stewardship program in Minnesota focused on the responsible management, recycling, and disposal of covered products, particularly batteries and electronic devices. This initiative requires producers, including manufacturers and retailers, to take accountability for the entire lifecycle of these products, ensuring they are collected and recycled in an environmentally sound manner. The program aims to minimize public health risks and promote compliance with environmental regulations. A Covered Products Reimbursement Board will be established to recommend reimbursement rates for collectors participating in the stewardship program. This board will include representatives from various stakeholders, and its recommendations will undergo public review and approval. The stewardship organization is responsible for ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards, providing educational outreach, and maintaining transparency in managing covered products. The regulations impose strict guidelines on the disposal and sale of certain batteries and electronic devices, prohibiting their inclusion in solid waste and mandating proper labeling to inform consumers a...

requiring battery stewardship organizations to administer battery collection and recycling programs and providing a penalty. (FE)

Type

Legislation

Status

Enacted

Bill

WI AB 713

Region

Wisconsin

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Joel Kitchens, Todd Novak, Russell Goodwin, Rob Kreibich, Jeffrey L. Mursau

Last action

Apr 2, 2026 · Published 4-3-2026

AT A GLANCE This bill establishes a statewide battery stewardship program and prohibits producers from selling covered batteries in Wisconsin without a DNR-approved plan beginning January 1, 2027, or earlier. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes a statewide battery stewardship program for portable and medium-format batteries that are designed or capable of being easily removed with common household tools. Covered batteries generally include primary batteries weighing up to 4.4 pounds and rechargeable batteries weighing up to 11 pounds and rated up to 300 watt-hours, along with specified larger batteries up to 25 pounds or 2,000 watt-hours. Exclusions include certain medical-device batteries, batteries containing free liquid electrolyte, covered lead-acid batteries, and alkaline batteries with an electrolyte pH above 7. Producers must designate a battery stewardship organization and, beginning January 1, 2027, or one year after the applicable effective date, whichever occurs first, may not sell, offer, or distribute covered batteries or battery-containing products in Wisconsin unless the organization operates under a Department of Natural Resources (DNR)-approved plan. Batteries mus...

A bill for an act providing for the implementation of battery stewardship plans, making appropriations, and providing penalties.(Formerly SSB 1196; See SF 2477.)

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

IA SF 545

Region

Iowa

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment

Last action

Apr 2, 2026 · Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2477.

The document outlines a legislative proposal focused on battery stewardship in Iowa, which will significantly impact various business industries, particularly those involved in the production, sale, and distribution of batteries and battery-containing products. The proposal mandates that producers and retailers must operate under an approved battery stewardship plan to sell covered batteries or battery-containing products, with specific requirements for collection and recycling. Key provisions include the establishment of permanent collection sites for portable and medium format batteries, ensuring accessibility for a majority of state residents. Additionally, the legislation requires that all covered batteries be collected at no cost to consumers, with arrangements for collection events in areas lacking permanent sites. Educational outreach and safety training for collection personnel are also emphasized to promote the program effectively. Producers are required to submit detailed stewardship plans that outline operational details, performance goals, and funding methods. Furthermore, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be responsible for annual reporting on the stewa...

Lubricant Responsibility Act

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

IL SB 3157

Region

Illinois

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Linda Holmes

Last action

Mar 27, 2026 · Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits selling, offering, importing, or distributing covered lubricant products in Illinois once an IEPA-approved plan exists or by January 1, 2032, unless producers register and comply. FULL SUMMARY Creates the Lubricant and Related Product Producer Responsibility Act for antifreeze, oil-based lubricants, grease, engine additives, oil filters, and related petroleum or synthetic automotive products, including original containers of up to 15 gallons. Producers must register with a producer responsibility organization (PRO), notify the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), and provide producer, brand, and product information. Once an approved plan is in place, or by January 1, 2032, whichever occurs sooner, covered products may not be sold, offered for sale, imported, or distributed in Illinois unless the producer is registered, the products are included in an IEPA-approved plan, and the producer is compliant. Retailers, dealers, producers, and distributors are likewise prohibited from handling covered products unless the producer appears on the IEPA’s compliance list or has received a certification letter. The PRO must develop and administer an...

Household Hazardous Waste

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

IL HB 4546

Region

Illinois

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Sharon Chung, Laura Faver Dias

Last action

Mar 27, 2026 · Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

AT A GLANCE This act requires manufacturers of covered household hazardous products sold or distributed in Illinois to participate in Agency-approved stewardship plans beginning January 1, 2028, and prohibits their sale without participation. FULL SUMMARY Establishes the Illinois Household Hazardous Waste Stewardship Act, requiring manufacturers of covered household hazardous products sold or distributed in Illinois to participate in an Agency-approved stewardship plan beginning January 1, 2028. Manufacturers must establish and fund collection, transportation, and environmentally sound disposal programs individually or through stewardship organizations; fund 50% of collection costs in 2028, increasing to 90% annually from 2032 onward, and fund 100% of transportation and disposal costs, including for orphan products. They must register brands by April 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, while stewardship organizations must register with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, publish participating manufacturers and brands, and jointly prepare a statewide needs assessment by January 1, 2027. Manufacturers may not sell covered products without participation, and products must i...

Relates to establishing extended producer responsibility for tires

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

NY S 7553

Region

New York

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Brian P. Kavanagh

Last action

Mar 25, 2026 · REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

AT A GLANCE This bill establishes an extended producer responsibility program requiring covered-tire producers to submit collection plans by June 30, 2027, implement statewide collection by January 31, 2028, and finance program costs. FULL SUMMARY The bill adds a new extended producer responsibility program for covered tires. Producers must submit an individual or collective collection plan for department approval by June 30, 2027, implement the program by January 31, 2028, finance all program and departmental administration costs, provide free and convenient statewide collection, maintain records, and file annual reports. Plans must meet minimum recycling and closed-loop recycling rates of 30%/10% within five years of approval, 50%/20% within 10 years, and 75%/40% within 15 years. Producers may not sell covered tires in the state without participating in an approved plan, and beginning July 1, 2028, retailers may not sell covered tires unless the producer is listed as participating. The department must approve or reject plans within 90 days, publish approved plans, participating producers, brands, and collection-site locations online, and periodically report on implementation....

Stewardship program for batteries established, mercury in batteries prohibited, lead acid batteries and rechargeable consumer products provisions modified, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MN HF 4565

Region

Minnesota

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Athena Hollins, Larry Kraft, Patty Acomb, Shelley Buck, Kristi Pursell

Last action

Mar 25, 2026 · Author added Pursell

AT A GLANCE This bill establishes a producer-funded stewardship program for covered batteries, requiring producers to contract with stewardship organizations by July 1, 2027, and prohibiting noncompliant sales beginning January 1, 2030. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes a producer-funded stewardship program for covered batteries. Covered batteries generally include loose or easily removable batteries of any brand, chemistry, size, or capacity, but exclude large lead-acid batteries, batteries intended solely for motor vehicles, industrial or commercial use, most medical devices, and batteries removed from permanently installed energy-storage systems. By July 1, 2027, each producer must contract with a stewardship organization; a clearinghouse must administer the program and submit a single stewardship plan by January 1, 2029. The plan must provide statewide collection regardless of brand or chemistry, maintain specified county-based collection-site minimums and a site within ten miles of at least 95 percent of state residents, use specialized recyclers and responsible markets, provide at least 25 percent of covered-battery services by weight through small businesses, and allocate...

Batteries stewardship program establishment, mercury prohibition in batteries provision, lead acid batteries and rechargeable consumer products provisions modifications, and appropriation

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MN SF 4679

Region

Minnesota

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Robert J. Kupec, Foung Hawj, Ann M. Johnson Stewart, Jim Abeler

Last action

Mar 25, 2026 · Author added Abeler

AT A GLANCE This bill establishes a statewide stewardship program requiring Minnesota covered-battery producers to participate through stewardship organizations and fund collection without charging the public, beginning July 1, 2026. FULL SUMMARY Establishes a statewide stewardship program for covered batteries, effective primarily July 1, 2026, with covered batteries generally defined as loose or easily removable batteries, excluding large lead-acid, motor-vehicle, certain industrial/commercial and medical-device batteries, and batteries from permanently installed energy-storage systems. Producers selling, offering, distributing, or facilitating sales of covered batteries in Minnesota must participate through a stewardship organization; multiple organizations must establish a clearinghouse. The clearinghouse must submit a single plan by January 1, 2029, fund collection and downstream services, provide equitable statewide access, and allocate all program costs among participating producers without charging the public, collectors, service providers, government, or de minimis producers. The plan must provide specified collection-site coverage, including at least two full sites in...

requiring battery stewardship organizations to administer battery collection and recycling programs and providing a penalty. (FE)

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

WI SB 702

Region

Wisconsin

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Cory Tomczyk

Last action

Mar 23, 2026 · Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

The proposed legislation establishes a framework for battery stewardship in Wisconsin, mandating that battery stewardship organizations manage the collection and recycling of covered batteries. Producers are required to designate a stewardship organization and submit an approved plan to ensure compliance with recycling and disposal regulations. Starting January 1, 2027, producers may not sell covered batteries unless they are part of an approved stewardship plan, and by January 1, 2029, all batteries must be marked with disposal instructions and chemistry information. The legislation emphasizes the importance of consumer education and outreach, requiring stewardship organizations to implement strategies to promote participation in recycling programs. Organizations must also establish permanent collection sites and hold collection events to facilitate battery disposal for residents. Performance goals are set for collection rates, and organizations are responsible for the costs associated with implementing their plans, including reimbursement to local governments for collection site operations. Annual audits and reporting requirements are mandated to assess the effectiveness of th...

Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Waste to Jobs Act," which requires producers of goods to participate in a responsibility organization for recycling, reuse, and composting of certain packaging material. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 211.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

TN HB 600

Region

Tennessee

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Michael Hale

Last action

Mar 18, 2026 · Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

AT A GLANCE This bill requires nonexempt producers of covered packaging to join an approved organization by January 1, 2027, and participate in an approved plan to sell products in Tennessee beginning January 1, 2030. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes the Tennessee Waste to Jobs Act and creates a statewide producer-responsibility program for packaging waste. It requires producers to form a nonprofit producer responsibility organization (PRO) by July 1, 2026, join an approved PRO by January 1, 2027, and generally participate in an approved producer-responsibility or individual producer plan to sell or distribute products in covered packaging on or after January 1, 2030. Covered materials generally include consumer and service packaging, with exemptions for specified durable-product, commercial-process, medical, pharmaceutical, infant-formula, and other materials; de minimis producers with less than one ton introduced in Tennessee or under $2 million in global gross revenue are excluded. The Department of Environment and Conservation must approve and oversee PROs and plans, maintain annual minimum recyclable and compostable-material lists, promulgate rules, estimate and recover ad...

Battery Collection and Recovery

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

FL SB 912

Region

Florida

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

Regular Session 2026

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Stan McClain, Environment, Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee

Last action

Mar 13, 2026 · Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

AT A GLANCE This bill requires producers of covered batteries and battery-containing products sold or distributed in Florida to participate in a department-approved stewardship plan beginning January 1, 2028. FULL SUMMARY The bill creates the “Safe Battery Collection and Recovery Act” in ss. 403.71871–403.71884, F.S., establishing a producer-responsibility framework for portable and medium-format batteries and products containing them. It defines covered batteries, producers, battery stewardship organizations (BSOs), retailers, recovery, and recycling, with exclusions including certain vehicle, medical-device, non-removable, recalled, commercial-resale, and larger lead-acid batteries. Beginning January 1, 2028, producers generally must participate in a department-approved BSO stewardship plan before selling or distributing covered batteries or battery-containing products in Florida, verify producer labeling, and may not charge consumers a point-of-sale fee for plan costs. Beginning January 1, 2029, batteries must identify their chemistry and state that they are not eligible for household-waste disposal or curbside recycling, subject to a small-battery packaging exception and dep...

Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Waste to Jobs Act," which requires producers of goods to participate in a responsibility organization for recycling, reuse, and composting of certain packaging material. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 211.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

TN SB 269

Region

Tennessee

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Steve Southerland

Last action

Mar 11, 2026 · Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

AT A GLANCE This bill establishes a statewide packaging-waste producer-responsibility program requiring producers to join an approved organization by January 1, 2027, and participate in an approved plan to sell or distribute covered packaged products beginning January 1, 2030. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes a statewide producer-responsibility program for packaging waste in Tennessee by adding a new part to the Solid Waste Management Act. It creates a producer responsibility program advisory board, administered by the Department of Environment and Conservation, with representatives of local governments, recovery facilities, service providers, environmental and community organizations, businesses, packaging-material suppliers, reuse and refill systems, and other specified interests. The board must advise on needs assessments and producer-responsibility plans, review proposals and annual reports, and recommend approval, rejection, or corrective changes. The Department must approve and oversee producer responsibility organizations (PROs) and plans, maintain annual minimum recyclable and compostable-material lists, enforce the program, promulgate rules, and submit biennial impleme...

An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

MA H 1015

Region

Massachusetts

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Steven Owens, David M. Rogers

Last action

Feb 26, 2026 · Accompanied a study order, see H5149

AT A GLANCE This act requires producers of covered electronic products to finance statewide collection, transportation, reuse, and recycling programs, register with the Department, and meet specified service standards beginning January 1, 2025. FULL SUMMARY Establishes a new Chapter 21P requiring producer responsibility for covered electronic products discarded in Massachusetts, including computers, monitors, televisions, printers, and specified consumer electronics. The chapter excludes, among other things, vehicle components, equipment integrated into industrial, commercial, governmental, research, or medical systems, electronics contained in major appliances, telephones, personal digital assistants, and GPS devices. Producers, collectors, and processors must register with the Department of Environmental Protection; producer and collector applications are reviewed within 60 days, registration and renewal fees are capped at $5,000, and collector and processor registrations generally renew every three years. Producers must finance collection, transportation, reuse, and recycling of covered products other than televisions according to their return share, including their allocated...

An Act to improve plastic bottles and their recycling

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

MA H 1035

Region

Massachusetts

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

David M. Rogers

Last action

Feb 26, 2026 · Accompanied a study order, see H5149

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits Massachusetts retailers, beginning January 1, 2024, from selling single-use beverage containers of one liter or less with plastic caps unless caps remain tethered or permit consumption while attached. FULL SUMMARY The bill inserts a new chapter governing single-use plastic beverage containers. Beginning January 1, 2024, retailers may not sell or offer for sale in Massachusetts a single-use beverage container of one liter or less with a plastic cap unless the cap remains tethered to the container when removed or has an opening that permits consumption while attached. Metal caps or lids with plastic seals are excluded, as are glass and metal containers with plastic caps or lids. Plastic beverage containers must contain at least 15% postconsumer recycled plastic beginning January 1, 2024; the minimum rises to 20% on January 1, 2026, and 25% on January 1, 2027. The Department of Environmental Protection may adjust the standards based on market conditions, supply, technological advances, and environmental considerations, but may not reduce them below the applicable statutory minimum. Containers reused and refilled at least five times are exempt. Produc...

Electronic Device Producer Responsibility Program - Established

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

MD HB 992

Region

Maryland

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Dana M. Stein

Last action

Feb 26, 2026 · Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m.

AT A GLANCE Effective October 1, 2026, this bill replaces Maryland’s electronic-device takeback framework with a statewide producer-responsibility program requiring covered-device manufacturers to fund free collection, recycling, reuse, or refurbishment. FULL SUMMARY Effective October 1, 2026, the bill replaces Maryland’s covered electronic-device takeback framework with a statewide electronic device producer responsibility program administered by the Department of the Environment. Covered devices are expanded to include items such as computer monitors, televisions, portable and notebook computers, e-readers, tablets, routers, modems, printers, scanners, cameras, audio equipment, gaming devices, peripherals, small-scale servers, and other devices designated by regulation, subject to specified exclusions. The bill establishes related definitions for electronic device manufacturers, producer responsibility organizations, covered entities, collectors, coordinating bodies, and product categories, and repeals the prior takeback-program provisions. Manufacturers generally may not sell new covered devices in Maryland unless they participate in a Department-approved producer responsibil...

An act relating to miscellaneous environmental amendments

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

VT H 632

Region

Vermont

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

Amy Sheldon

Last action

Feb 24, 2026 · Referred to Committee on [Appropriations] per Rule 35(a)

AT A GLANCE This bill requires nutrient-management plans for all concentrated animal feeding operations, authorizes permits for discharging animal feeding operations, and revises environmental programs and deadlines, including emergency-rule authority through July 1, 2028. FULL SUMMARY The bill changes Vermont environmental requirements and deadlines. It shifts the battery end-of-life management assessment deadline to July 1, 2027 and assigns responsibility to the battery stewardship organization rather than the Secretary of Natural Resources. It narrows the fuel-storage prohibition to regulated substances delivered to category-one tanks visibly designated by the Agency as lacking a valid permit or failing specified standards that could result in an environmental release. It makes Healthy Homes Initiative applicant and award information confidential unless designated nonconfidential, applies that protection retroactively to July 1, 2023, and makes it effective on passage. The bill extends several flood-program deadlines: River Corridor Base Map amendments to January 1, 2027; education and outreach through January 1, 2028; the related report to January 15, 2028; mapped river-corr...

Household Hazardous Waste

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

IL SB 1394

Region

Illinois

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Sponsors

David Koehler

Last action

Feb 23, 2026 · Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura

The Household Hazardous Waste Stewardship Act establishes a framework for manufacturers, stewardship organizations, retailers, and collection sites to manage hazardous waste products effectively. Starting January 1, 2027, manufacturers are required to implement stewardship programs that include covering collection costs and progressively increasing their share of transportation and disposal expenses. They must register with stewardship organizations by April 1, 2026, and ensure that no fees are charged to consumers for the collection of covered products. Retailers will be prohibited from selling covered products unless the manufacturer is part of an approved stewardship organization, and they must provide information on end-of-life management options starting July 1, 2027. Collection sites are tasked with maintaining accurate records and providing necessary data to stewardship organizations. By June 1, 2026, stewardship organizations must submit a comprehensive stewardship plan for approval, which includes strategies for collection access and education. The Act mandates that by program year 2029, at least 60% of state residents must have access to a permanent collection site wit...

relative to extended producer responsibility.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

NH HB 1789

Region

New Hampshire

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Lucius Parshall

Last action

Feb 19, 2026 · Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 18

AT A GLANCE This bill establishes statewide extended producer responsibility for consumer packaging, requiring producers to register with a nonprofit organization and comply before covered products may be sold or distributed one year after its selection. FULL SUMMARY The bill establishes a statewide extended producer responsibility program for consumer packaging within RSA 149-M. Producers must register with a nonprofit Packaging Reduction Organization (PRO), report packaging quantities by material and weight, pay fees assessed by the Department of Environmental Services (DES), and certify compliance. Producers are exempt in a year when prior-year gross revenue was below $1 million or packaging placed into the state was below one ton. Beginning one year after the PRO is selected, covered products may not be sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the state unless the producer is registered and compliant. DES must contract with a PRO for a 10-year term, oversee the program, adopt implementing rules, conduct a statewide packaging needs assessment within 18 months and every five years thereafter, and enforce compliance. Producer fees must cover program administration, packaging c...

Pollution Prevention and Producer Responsibility Act of 2026; enact

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

GA HB 1237

Region

Georgia

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Eric Bell, Long Tran, Viola Davis, Doreen Carter, Debra Bazemore

Last action

Feb 10, 2026 · House Second Readers

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits producers from selling or distributing covered packaging, paper products, or beverage containers in Georgia unless registered with an approved producer-responsibility organization, beginning one year after the article’s effective date. FULL SUMMARY The bill revises the previously reserved Article 4 of Georgia’s waste-management law to establish the Pollution Prevention and Producer Responsibility Act of 2026. It creates producer-responsibility requirements for packaging, paper products, and beverage containers; defines covered materials, producers, producer-responsibility organizations (PROs), recycling and reuse standards, responsible end markets, and environmental-justice areas; and establishes a Producer Responsibility Advisory Board appointed by the Department of Natural Resources. The board must review producer-responsibility plans, annual reports, coordination plans, and related rulemaking, with public meetings, conflict-of-interest disclosures, public posting of recommendations, and biennial legislative reporting. The department must also commission recurring statewide needs assessments, funded by PROs, covering infrastructure, service gaps...

Concerning 6PPD and regrettable 6PPD substitutes in tires.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

WA HB 2421

Region

Washington

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Zach Hall

Last action

Feb 9, 2026 · Referred to Rules 2 Review.

AT A GLANCE This bill prohibits, beginning January 1, 2035, manufacturing, selling, offering, or distributing in Washington new vehicle tires containing intentionally added 6PPD or Ecology-identified regrettable substitutes, except federally regulated tires. FULL SUMMARY Beginning January 1, 2035, Washington prohibits manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale, or distributing for use in the state any new vehicle tire containing intentionally added 6PPD or a “regrettable 6PPD substitute” identified by the Department of Ecology. The prohibition excludes tires used on products certified, regulated, or specified by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or NASA. The Department of Ecology, in consultation with the Department of Health, may adopt rules identifying regrettable substitutes. It may consider information from other states or nations and designate an alternative that does not qualify as a safer alternative under chapter 70A.350 RCW. The department may adopt implementation, administration, and enforcement rules, but may not begin rulemaking under the new chapter before July 1, 2029; its ex...

Lubricants and waste oil: producer responsibility.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

CA AB 1325

Region

California

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Assembly

Session

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Michelle Rodriguez

Last action

Feb 2, 2026 · From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

California has enacted legislation to establish a producer responsibility program for lubricants and waste oil, targeting businesses involved in the production and sale of petroleum-based automotive products. Producers are required to develop and submit a responsibility plan to CalRecycle, detailing the collection and management of covered products. This plan must be submitted within 12 months of the regulations' effective date, which is set for no earlier than January 1, 2028. The legislation mandates that producers register with a producer responsibility organization (PRO) and implement a convenient collection system for covered products at no cost to residents or local governments. Additionally, the PRO must establish a funding mechanism to support the program and ensure compliance with performance standards aimed at reducing the improper disposal of these products. Producers are also required to provide regular updates and reports to CalRecycle, including information on covered products and compliance status. The legislation aims to enhance the management of hazardous waste, promote recycling, and alleviate the financial burden on local governments associated with the dispos...

Environmental advertising: recyclability.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

CA AB 473

Region

California

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Assembly

Session

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

Sponsors

Lori D. Wilson

Last action

Feb 2, 2026 · From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

The document outlines significant changes to California's laws regarding environmental advertising and the recyclability of products and packaging. The legislation primarily impacts manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, especially those using plastic materials, as well as industries involved in recycling and waste management due to new compliance requirements. Businesses may face costs associated with adhering to the new regulations, which could include redesigning packaging to meet recyclability standards and joining producer responsibility organizations. Non-compliance with the updated advertising standards may also have financial repercussions for businesses. The legislation establishes a timeline for products and packaging considered "covered materials" to be deemed recyclable, contingent upon approval from a producer responsibility organization. From January 1, 2027, to January 1, 2032, these materials must meet specific compliance requirements under the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. Additionally, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is tasked with updating regulations and conducting material character...

Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

CA AB 1330

Region

California

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Assembly

Session

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Nguyen

Last action

Feb 2, 2026 · Died at Desk.

The legislation establishes requirements for producers of certain single-use packaging and plastic food service ware in California. Producers are mandated to implement source reduction measures for all plastic covered materials. Starting January 1, 2032, all covered materials sold, distributed, or imported in California must be recyclable or eligible for compostable labeling. This shift aims to enhance the sustainability of packaging and food service products. The legislation sets specific recycling rate targets for plastic covered materials, requiring a minimum of 30% recycling by January 1, 2028, 40% by January 1, 2030, and 65% by January 1, 2032. These requirements will primarily affect industries involved in the production and distribution of single-use packaging and food service ware. Compliance with these standards may lead to increased costs and necessitate adjustments in manufacturing processes.

Establishes extended producer responsibility for designated products; establishes the extended producer responsibility program fund.

Type

Legislation

Status

Failed / Vetoed

Bill

NY S 1460

Region

New York

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Brian P. Kavanagh

Last action

Jan 7, 2026 · REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Extended Producer Response

Type

Legislation

Status

In Committee

Bill

IL HB 4064

Region

Illinois

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Position

Oppose

Sponsors

Maurice A. West

Last action

May 21, 2025 · Referred to Rules Committee

The document outlines a comprehensive framework for managing packaging and beverage container waste in Illinois, focusing on the responsibilities of packaging producer responsibility organizations and recycling refund producer responsibility organizations. These organizations are tasked with enhancing recycling efforts and ensuring accountability among producers regarding the management of covered materials and beverage containers. Key provisions include the establishment of performance targets for collection and recycling rates, which organizations must meet within specified timeframes. Producers are required to appoint responsible organizations, implement responsibility plans, and pay associated fees to support the programs. Additionally, the legislation mandates that producers ensure their packaging is reusable, recyclable, or compostable by set deadlines. The Act emphasizes the importance of consumer access to recycling and redemption opportunities, requiring organizations to provide year-round collection options and establish a network of redemption sites. It also outlines the financial responsibilities of producers, including the collection of annual fees based on the amou...

Child support.

Type

Legislation

Status

Enacted

Bill

CA SB 343

Region

California

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2023-2024 Regular Sessions

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Nancy Skinner

Last action

Sep 22, 2023 · Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 213, Statutes of 2023.

The document outlines significant changes to child support laws in California, impacting local child support agencies and families. Key amendments include the repeal of expedited support order provisions, revisions to child support guidelines, and adjustments to income calculation methods. These changes aim to standardize child support calculations while considering the financial realities of families, particularly low-income obligors. The new guidelines will introduce a formula for determining child support that factors in both parents' incomes and time-sharing arrangements. Additionally, provisions for low-income adjustments have been clarified, allowing for modifications when support obligations exceed a certain percentage of a parent's net disposable income. Courts will also have the discretion to consider special circumstances that may warrant deviations from standard calculations. Changes to health care insurance coverage requirements will mandate that parents utilize specified coverage unless proven inadequate. Local child support agencies will have new responsibilities, including establishing and enforcing child support obligations, which may lead to increased operationa...

Environmental advertising: recycling symbol: recyclability: products and packaging.

Type

Legislation

Status

Enacted

Bill

CA SB 343

Region

California

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

Senate

Session

2021-2022 Regular Sessions

Position

Monitoring

Sponsors

Benjamin J. Allen, Laura Friedman, Lorena S. Gonzalez Fletcher

Last action

Oct 5, 2021 · Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 507, Statutes of 2021.

California is implementing significant changes to its environmental marketing regulations, particularly focusing on the recyclability of products and packaging. Businesses are required to ensure that any claims regarding recyclability are truthful and substantiated, adhering to recognized standards to prevent misleading consumers. The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery will provide clear guidelines on what products and packaging are recyclable, with updates to regulations set for January 1, 2024. The new regulations will impact various industries, especially those involved in manufacturing and packaging consumer goods. Manufacturers must design products and packaging to be recyclable, while packaging companies will need to comply with updated standards. Recycling facilities will also be affected, as they will need to sort and process materials according to defined streams, which may require investment in new technologies. To support consumer understanding, the department will publish information on evaluating recyclability, and misleading claims will be prohibited. The regulations aim to enhance recycling efforts in California, reduce contamination in recycling strea...

Creating a division of product stewardship within the department of environmental services for disposable and single-use packaging materials.

Type

Legislation

Status

Introduced

Bill

NH LSR 2027-0015

Region

New Hampshire

Jurisdiction

State/Regional

Chamber

House

Session

2027-2028 Regular Session

Sponsors

Ellen Read