WV SB25 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-11 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-11 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health to conduct a public health impact statement assessing the health impact of any new air or water rule, or modification of an existing air or water rule, proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection to insure that no air or water rule is promulgated without substantiating independent medical or scientific evidence that there is no detrimental public health impact from the rule. The bill also requires that the findings in the impact statement be incorporated into the proposed rule.
Title
Requiring public health impact statement relating to new DEP air or water rules
Sponsors
Sen. Dan Foster [D] | Sen. Orphy Klempa [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2012-01-11 | To Judiciary | |
2012-01-11 | Introduced in Senate | |
2012-01-11 | To Judiciary then Finance | |
2012-01-11 | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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16 | 1 | 6 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
22 | 1 | 3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |