Battery Collection and Recovery

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Battery Collection and Recovery; Creating the "Safe Battery Collection and Recovery Act"; requiring a producer to fulfill certain requirements, beginning on a specified date, before selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale in this state any covered battery or battery-containing product; requiring a BSO operating in this state to submit a battery stewardship plan to the Department of Environmental…

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Dec 15, 2025SenateFiled
2. Jan 5, 2026CommitteeReferred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy · Senate Environment and Natural Resources
3. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
4. Jan 29, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Environment and Natural Resources
5. Feb 3, 2026CommitteeCS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 · Senate Environment and Natural Resources6–0 vote
6. Feb 5, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
7. Feb 5, 2026CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
8. Feb 10, 2026CommitteeCS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time · Senate Environment and Natural Resources
9. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Stan McClainR Primary sponsor · District 9
• Ea Environment and Natural Resources Sponsoring committee