SB226
Local competitive bidding for compost, etc.; waste disposal infrastructure, civil penalty.
Status:
In Conference
Latest Action:
Feb. 25, 2026
House: Passed House with substitute (66-Y 32-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Scott Surovell (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Local competitive bidding for compost and other products containing organic soil amendments; waste disposal infrastructure; civil penalty.
Allows the governing body of a locality to give preference to compost or other products containing organic soil amendments produced within such locality in the case of a tie bid when determining the award of any contract for compost or other products containing soil amendments to be purchased for use ... (More) by such locality. The bill also provides that any locality may by ordinance require that certain generators, as defined in the bill, of large quantities of organic waste separate the organic waste from other solid waste and ensure that the organic waste is diverted from final disposal in a refuse disposal system by any of a variety of specified waste diversion activities. The ordinance may also establish civil penalties for violations of the ordinance, but a locality shall first issue a warning to a generator that violates the ordinance. Finally, the bill expresses that it is the intent of the General Assembly that new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities include waste disposal infrastructure, as defined in the bill, that includes a place for the disposal of trash, recyclables, and food scraps and a sink for liquid waste. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100606D
- 01/10/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106306D-S1
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB226)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 02/20/2026 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
- 02/20/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108336D-H1
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB226)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/25/2026 - House: Read third time
- 02/25/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/25/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/25/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (66-Y 32-N 0-A)
