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H605 • 2025

Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Brody, Lowery, Tyson, Riddell, McNeely, Willingham
Last action
2025-05-01
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

H605-SMCC-16(e1)-v-2 (2025-04-16): Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

What This Bill Does

  • H605-SMCC-16(e1)-v-2 (2025-04-16): Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
  • H605-SMCC-22(e1)-v-2 (2025-04-29): Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
  • H605-SMCJ-40(e1)-v-3 (2025-04-29): Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 605: Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 605: Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
  • Committee: House Agriculture and Environment.
  • If favorable, re -refer to State and Local Government.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 16, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 605: Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 605: Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
  • Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 29, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Brody, Lowery, Tyson, Riddell Prepared by: Aaron McGlothlin Staff Attorney Analysis of: First Edition Kara McCraw Director *H605-SMCC-22(e1)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: House Bill 605 would amend the Solid Waste Management Act by adding definitions for the terms "mass balance attribution," "recycled products," and "third-party certification." CURRENT LAW: The Solid Waste Management Act (Article 9, Chapter 130A of the General Statutes) regulates the generation, storage, collection, transportation, separation, treatment, processing, recycling, and disposal of solid wastes.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 605: Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 605: Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
  • Committee: House State and Local Government.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 29, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Brody, Lowery, Tyson, Riddell Prepared by: Karyl Smith Committee Co-Counsel Analysis of: First Edition Kara McCraw Director *H605-SMCJ-40(e1)-v-3* Legislative Analysis Division 919-301-1976 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  4. 2025-05-01 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  5. 2025-04-30 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2025-04-30 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2025-04-29 House

    Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025

  8. 2025-04-29 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  9. 2025-04-29 House

    Reptd Fav

  10. 2025-04-29 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  11. 2025-04-29 House

    Reptd Fav

  12. 2025-04-16 House

    Re-ref Com On State and Local Government

  13. 2025-04-16 House

    Reptd Fav

  14. 2025-04-01 House

    Ref to the Com on Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  15. 2025-04-01 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  16. 2025-03-31 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H605-SMCC-16(e1)-v-2
(2025-04-16): Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
H605-SMCC-22(e1)-v-2
(2025-04-29): Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
H605-SMCJ-40(e1)-v-3
(2025-04-29): Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 605

Short Title: Definitions for Advanced Recycling. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Brody, Lowery, Tyson, and Riddell (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, State and Local Government, if
favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 1, 2025
*H605-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE VA RIOUS ADVANCED RECYC LING DEFINITIONS AND 2
PROCEDURES. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) Subdivisions (17a) and (41b) of G.S. 130A-290(a) are recodified as 5
subdivisions (17b) and (41c), respectively, of that subsection. 6
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 130A-290, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, reads 7
as rewritten: 8
"§ 130A-290. Definitions. 9
(a) Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following definitions shall 10
apply throughout this Article: 11
… 12
(17a) "Mass balance attribution " means an auditable chain of custody accounting 13
methodology pursuant to a third-party certification system that enables the 14
manufacturer to attribute quantities of feedstocks to one or more recycled 15
products. 16
… 17
(24a) "Recycled products" or "recycled product" means products that are produced 18
from recyclable material and via mass balance attribution for chemical 19
recycling processes. The designation of a product as a "recycled product" does 20
not exempt the product from otherwis e applicable air, water , or hazardous 21
waste statutory or regulatory requirements. 22
… 23
(41b) "Third-party certification system " means an international and multinational 24
third-party certification system that consists of a set of rules for the 25
implementation of mass balance attribution methodologies for the recycling 26
of materials. 27
…." 28
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 29