2018 House Bill 5597

Expand state asbestos abatement regulations and requirements

Introduced in the House

Feb. 20, 2018

Introduced by Rep. Bill Sowerby (D-31)

To restrict the amount that state environmental regulators can reduce fines imposed on an asbestos abatement contractor working in good faith to resolve regulatory violations, by specifying that any reduction cannot exceed a proportion of the total specified by a related federal law.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

Nov. 28, 2018

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.