SB645
Air Pollution Control Board; regulations, exemptions for waste-to-energy facilities, etc.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 13, 2026
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Scott Surovell (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Air Pollution Control Board regulations; exemptions for waste-to-energy facilities; small renewable energy projects; anaerobic digestion technology.
Exempts from certain regulations promulgated by the Air Pollution Control Board any waste-to-energy facility, as defined in the bill, and requires the Board, on a decennial basis beginning July 1, 2030, to review the effects of the provisions of the bill on certain carbon dioxide emission reduction goals set forth ... (More) in state law. The bill also provides that for the purposes of a permit by rule for a small renewable energy project under existing law, a small renewable energy project includes an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 100 megawatts that generates electricity from biomass, energy from waste, or municipal solid waste and its dedicated associated interconnection facilities, provided that such facility is capable of processing the majority of its organic waste, including food waste and municipal sludge, with anaerobic digestion technology by January 1, 2030. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102504D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB645)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107665D-S1
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
