SB781Introduced in the Senate
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Introduced by Benjamin Brooks, District 10
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.
Where it stands
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
February 10, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
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Bill history
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
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