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HCR85 • 2026

ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING: Creates a task force on illegal dumping

ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING: Creates a task force on illegal dumping

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Alonzo Knox
Last action
2026-06-01
Official status
Sent to the Secretary of State
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact details of when meetings must occur or how many members are required to form a quorum were not specified in the plain language summary, only in the detailed bill text.

Task Force on Illegal Dumping

This resolution creates a task force to study illegal dumping and suggest ways to stop it.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a task force to investigate the extent of illegal dumping in Louisiana and propose solutions.
  • Includes members from various government departments, local organizations, and community groups.
  • Requires the task force to meet by September 1, 2026, and submit their findings before February 12, 2027.
  • Ensures that all meetings are open to the public and records are available.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who work in government departments like Environmental Quality, Transportation, and Wildlife and Fisheries.
  • Local organizations and community groups involved with environmental issues.
  • The general public as findings will be shared with relevant committees.

Terms To Know

Illegal dumping
Putting waste or trash in places where it is not allowed, which can harm the environment.
Task force
A group of people brought together to solve a specific problem.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The task force will end after submitting their report or by February 12, 2027.
  • It does not specify how much money the task force will receive for its work.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment modifies the task force on illegal dumping by specifying that New Orleans is involved in certain roles and positions within the resolution.

  • Adds 'New Orleans' after 'from the' before 'Mosquito,' on page 2, line 10.
  • Inserts 'New Orleans' after 'director of the' before 'Mosquito,' on page 4, line 9.
  • Includes 'of New Orleans' between 'mayor' and 'on behalf' on page 4, line 11.
  • Adds 'and' after 'governor,' before 'the executive' on page 4, line 13.
  • The amendment text does not provide full context or details about the task force's roles and responsibilities beyond these specific changes.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment modifies the task force on illegal dumping by specifying that New Orleans is involved in certain roles and positions within the task force.

  • Adds 'New Orleans' after 'from the' before 'Mosquito,' on page 2, line 10.
  • Inserts 'New Orleans' after 'director of the' before 'Mosquito,' on page 4, line 9.
  • Includes 'of New Orleans' between 'mayor' and 'on behalf' on page 4, line 11.
  • Adds 'and' after 'governor,' before 'the executive' on page 4, line 13.
  • The amendment text does not provide full context or details about the task force's roles and responsibilities beyond these specific changes.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds two new members to a task force on illegal dumping and specifies that the lieutenant governor and the executive director of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana will be involved in appointing members.

  • Adds one representative from Keep Louisiana Beautiful, appointed by the lieutenant governor.
  • Adds one representative from the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, appointed by its executive director.
  • Inserts the lieutenant governor and the executive director of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana into the list of people who can appoint task force members.
  • The exact roles and responsibilities of these new members are not detailed in the amendment text.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-01 H

    Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

  2. 2026-05-28 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. 2026-05-28 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. 2026-05-27 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  5. 2026-05-27 S

    Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.

  6. 2026-05-26 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  7. 2026-05-26 H

    Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 94, nays 1. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.

  8. 2026-05-25 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

  9. 2026-05-20 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  10. 2026-05-19 H

    Reported with amendments (10-0).

  11. 2026-05-13 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  12. 2026-05-12 H

    Reported with amendments (13-0) To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  13. 2026-04-27 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

  14. 2026-04-23 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

ENVIRONMENT/LITTERING: Creates a task force on illegal dumping

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 85
BY REPRESENTATIVE KNOX
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To create the Task Force on Illegal Dumping Prevention and Enforcement to study the
extent of illegal dumping of waste and enforcement mechanisms and to report its
findings to certain enumerated House and Senate committees.
WHEREAS, illegal dumping is a problem facing Louisianans in recent times; and
WHEREAS, illegal dumping often involves operations of people transporting waste
materials across parish lines to dump or dumping waste on the sides of highways and
roadways; and
WHEREAS, dumping hot spots have detrimental impacts on the environment and
are known to attract mosquitoes and other pests; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana needs to find solutions to the illegal dumping problems
whether at the state or local level.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
establish and provide for the Task Force on Illegal Dumping Prevention and Enforcement
to study the extent of illegal dumping and enforcement mechanisms, and may propose
recommendations, together with specific proposals for legislation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature recommends that the task force
include consideration of the extent of illegal dumping and enforcement mechanisms.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall consist of the following
members:
(1) One representative from the Department of Environmental Quality appointed by
the secretary.
(2) One representative from the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate.
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HCR NO. 85 ENROLLED
(3) One representative from the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker
of the House of Representatives.
(4) One representative from the Department of Transportation and Development
appointed by the secretary.
(5) One representative from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries appointed by
the secretary.
(6) One representative from the New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control
Board appointed by the director.
(7) One representative from the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office appointed
by the district attorney.
(8) One representative from the Louisiana State Police appointed by the
superintendent.
(9) One representative from the Louisiana Sheriff's Association appointed by the
president.
(10) One representative from the New Orleans Department of Sanitation appointed
by the mayor.
(11) One representative from the Louisiana Municipal Association appointed by the
executive board.
(12) One representative from Healthy Gulf appointed by the executive director.
(13) One representative from a community based environmental justice organization
appointed by joint decision of the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president
of the Senate.
(14) One representative from the recycling or waste management industry appointed
by joint decision of the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the
Senate.
(15) One representative from Keep Louisiana Beautiful appointed by the lieutenant
governor.
(16) One representative from the Police Jury Association of Louisiana appointed by
the executive director.
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HCR NO. 85 ENROLLED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each appointing authority shall submit the names
of appointees to the task force to the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department
of Transportation and Development, and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, no later
than August 1, 2026.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the task force shall be chaired by the appointee from
the Department of Environmental Quality.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall convene for its first meeting
no later than September 1, 2026.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall be staffed by the Department
of Environmental Quality.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a majority of the task force shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business and all official actions of the task force shall require
the affirmative vote of a majority of the members.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Rules of Order of the House of
Representatives or applicable Joint Rules shall apply to all meetings of the task force.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the task force shall serve
without compensation, except per diem or expense reimbursement to which they may be
individually entitled as members of their constituent organizations.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that meetings of the task force shall be subject to the
Open Meetings Law, R.S. 42:11 et seq., and records of the task force shall be subject to the
Public Records Law, R.S. 44:1 et seq.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall submit a written report
detailing its findings to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment, the
House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the Senate Committee
on Environmental Quality, and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and
Public Works no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the 2027 Regular Session
of the Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any written recommendations or proposals shall
also be submitted and to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library as required by
R.S. 24:771 and 772.
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HCR NO. 85 ENROLLED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall terminate following the
conclusion of its business or by February 12, 2027, whichever occurs first.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality, the secretary of the Department of
Transportation and Development, the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
the director of the New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board, the district
attorney for the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office, the superintendent of the Louisiana
State Police, the president of the Sheriff's Association, the mayor of New Orleans on behalf
of the New Orleans Department of Sanitation, the president of the Louisiana Municipal
Association, the executive director of Healthy Gulf, the lieutenant governor, and the
executive director of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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