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SB00317 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES IN THE STATE.

AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES IN THE STATE.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Environment Committee
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact fees to be suspended are not specified in the provided summary text, but they refer to a fee described in section 22a-232 of the general statutes.

Act About Resource Recovery Facilities

This act allows a working group to examine if certain fees should be suspended for the Bristol resource recovery facility for up to five years.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a working group within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to study suspending specific fees for one or more resource recovery facilities, focusing on the Bristol facility.
  • The working group will look at other ways to meet any identified needs besides suspending fees, such as grants or tax breaks.
  • Requires the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to submit a report by January 1, 2027, about their findings.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Bristol Resource Recovery Facility Operating Committee
  • The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Terms To Know

Resource recovery facility
A place that processes waste materials to recover resources.
Working group
A team formed to study a specific issue and make recommendations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act specifies the fee described in section 22a-232 of the general statutes but does not specify which fees will be suspended or for how long.
  • It is unclear if other resource recovery facilities besides Bristol's will be affected.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  2. 2026-05-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  3. 2026-05-20 LCO

    Special Act 26-25

  4. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed

  5. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    In Concurrence

  6. 2026-04-28 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed

  7. 2026-04-28 Connecticut General Assembly

    Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House

  8. 2026-04-28 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  9. 2026-04-28 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 517

  10. 2026-03-26 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  11. 2026-03-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  12. 2026-03-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 127

  13. 2026-03-26 LCO

    File Number 206

  14. 2026-03-20 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/25/26 5:00 PM

  15. 2026-03-13 ENV

    Joint Favorable Substitute

  16. 2026-03-13 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  17. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/04

  18. 2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Environment

Official Summary Text

To enable the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility to not pay certain fees to the Department of Revenue Services for a five-year period.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Substitute Senate Bill No. 317

Special Act No. 26-25

AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES IN
THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Energy and
Environmental Protection shall convene a working group within the
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to examine the
need for and viability and impact of suspending, for a period not to
exceed five consecutive fiscal years, the fee described in section 22a-232
of the general statutes for one or more resource recovery facilities in the
state. Such examination may consider other means to meet any such
identified need, including, but not limited to, the ava ilability of state
grant, tax abatement or financing programs. Such working group shall,
at a minimum, consist of one member from each of the member towns
of the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility Operating Committee, the
Commissioner of Energy and Environ mental Protection, or the
commissioner's designee, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management, or the secretary's designee, the Commissioner of
Economic and Community Development, or the commissioner's
designee, and any other member deemed necess ary by the
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Not later than
January 1, 2027, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental
Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of
Substitute Senate Bill No. 317

Special Act No. 26-25 2 of 2

section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the
environment on the nature and result of such examination, the
identified need for such a suspension for any such res ource recovery
facility in the state, the availability of other state resources or programs
to meet any such identified need and any legislative recommendations
directly related to such examination.