l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2249

Environmental protection; prohibit contamination of clean soil with "forever chemicals."

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI ACT TO PROHIBIT THE CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN SOILS WITH SO-CALLED FOREVER CHEMICALS; TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS; TO ALLOW THE MISSISSIPPI AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER TO SAMPLE THE WASTEWATER AND REPORT THE SAMPLE TO THE COMMISSION; TO PROHIBIT THE COMMISSION FROM ISSUING NEW LICENSES TO APPLY OR SPREAD SEPTAGE; TO ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO REVOKE LICENSES IF LEVELS OF PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL EXCEED ACCEPTABLE AMOUNTS; TO ESTABLISH PARAMETERS FOR THE APPLICATION OR SPREADING OF SLUDGE AND SEPTAGE; TO LIST EXCEPTIONS TO THE PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR PROHIBITING THE LAND APPLICATION OF SEPTAGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

February 5 to March 5, 2024, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 5 · stopped29 days

Environment Prot, Cons and Water ResFeb 5 to Mar 5 · stopped29 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 5Referred to the Senate committee on Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
  2. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 5Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water ResSenate
  2. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate