SIERRA CLUB-SUPPORTED BILLS (14)

HB2460, creating a Governor’s Commission on Global Warming.  Passed House 83-4, passed Senate 32-3

HB2334, amending and improving Arkansas’s “net metering” law.  Passed House 83-2, passed Senate 34-0

HB1070 ,ensuring compliance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.  Passed House 52-36, passed Senate 20-1

HB1671, creating a system of wetlands mitigation banks.  Passed House 81-7, passed Senate 18-5

SB237, establishing goals and standards for alternative fuels production (similar to HB2722).  Passed senate 35-0. House 86-6

HB2722 goals for biofuel production passed House 68-21, rendered moot by successful passage of SB237)

HB2709, requesting interim study of Fayetteville Shale drilling effects (successfully referred)

HCR1040  requesting interim study of Fayetteville Shale drilling effects (see HB2709)

HB1465, mandating that landfills recycle Styrofoam.  Passed House 58-23, died in Senate committee

HB1514, banning mercury-laden lightbulbs from landfills.  Passed House 94-0, died in Senate committee

HB2746, providing notice and remedies for damage to surface land owners (died in House Ag Committee)

HB2771, creating a beverage container recycling program (failed in House Rules commitee)

HB2291, providing tax credits to landfill owners as incentive to capture/use methane. Died in House committee

HB2737, providing a 30% tax credit for research & development to lower chicken litter phosphorus.  Died in House committee

SIERRA CLUB-OPPOSED BILLS (6)

HB2305, less effective alternative to Sierra Club-supported HB1514.  Passed House 67-14, passed Senate 33-2

HB1367, limiting public input/public approval for certain building projects.  Passed House 70-20, passed Senate  33-1

SB948, mandating user fees to dispose of electronics in landfills.  Passed Senate 29-0, passed House 90-2

HB2339, authorizing up to $300 million in bonding authority for Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. Passed House 67-26, passed Senate 35-0 

HB2653, banned anonymous complaints to ADEQ.   Passed House 62-28, died in Senate committee.

HB2698, allowing for mitigation of fines for environmental self-disclosure.  Died in House committee