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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 31

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Relating to: permit fees for concentrated animal feeding operations. (FE)

Livestock and meat Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Water — Pollution

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) that holds

a water pollutant discharge elimination system (WPDES) permit from the

Department of Natural Resources must pay an annual permit fee of $345. Of that

amount, $95 is deposited into an appropriation account for DNR's environmental

quality functions and its management of state water resources, with the remainder

deposited into the general fund.

Under this bill, the full amount of the $345 annual WPDES permit fee for a

CAFO is deposited into the DNR appropriation account for environmental quality

functions and management of state water resources.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

10 cosponsors

Edming (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Plumer (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 30, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 30, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 8, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Testin, Marklein, Olsen, Stroebel, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Thiesfeldt, Nygren, Kitchens, Tusler, Mursau, Rohrkaste and Edming

  2. Feb 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Feb 19, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 25, 2019 · Senate

    Representative VanderMeer added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 30, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. May 23, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  7. May 29, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor

  8. May 30, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. May 30, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. May 30, 2019 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. May 30, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1