Beverage containers: recycling: glass: quality incentive payments.

Legislative status

1. Introduced
2. In Committee
3. Reported by Committee
4. Floor Vote Scheduled
5. Passed One Chamber
6. Passed Both Chambers
7. Sent to Executive
8. Enacted

Summary

The bill adds a new incentive program that rewards curbside recyclers and other certified entities for delivering high‑quality, contamination‑free glass beverage containers. Payments of up to $60 per ton come from the state’s Beverage Container Recycling Fund and can also go to manufacturers that use the glass for other products, such as fiberglass insulation. The goal is to improve the marketability of recycled glass and encourage better sorting.

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Vote

Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6411.). · Aug 24, 2026

Hearings

• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 13, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 3, 2026
• Environmental Quality Committee Hearing
  Environmental Quality · Jul 1, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · May 14, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Apr 29, 2026

History

1. Jun 3, 2026Referred to Com. on E.Q.
2. May 27, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
3. May 26, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)
4. May 18, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
5. May 14, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
6. Apr 29, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
7. Apr 20, 2026Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
8. Apr 16, 2026Read second time and amended.
9. Apr 15, 2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 13).
10. Mar 9, 2026Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
11. Feb 21, 2026From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
12. Feb 20, 2026Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Esmeralda Soria (D) · sponsor
• Soria

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