On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established

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. Signed into Law

Summary

The bill establishes an On‑Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture, plus two complementary waste‑food grant programs in the Department of the Environment. It sets eligibility, project criteria, funding priorities, and annual reporting requirements, and directs the governor to appropriate $250,000 each year for the on‑farm program.

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Hearings

• Environment and Transportation — Bill Hearing
  Environment and Transportation · Feb 11, 2026

History

1. Apr 28, 2026Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250
2. Apr 9, 2026Third Reading Passed
3. Apr 9, 2026Returned Passed
4. Apr 8, 2026Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Corderman) Adopted
5. Apr 6, 2026Second Reading Passed
6. Apr 6, 2026Favorable Adopted
7. Apr 3, 2026Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
8. Mar 13, 2026Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation
9. Mar 12, 2026Third Reading Passed
10. Mar 10, 2026Second Reading Passed with Amendments
11. Mar 10, 2026Favorable with Amendments {
12. Mar 9, 2026Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation

The 12 most recent of 14 recorded actions.

Sponsors

• Boyce · sponsor
• Behler
• Charkoudian
• Embry
• Fair
• Feldmark
• Foley
• Healey
• Hill
• Holmes
• Jacobs
• Kaufman
• Lehman
• Lewis
• Odom
• Patterson
• Ruth
• Stein
• T. Morgan
• Woods
• Woorman
• Ziegler

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