2019 House Bill 4849

Require regulators to close some businesses during thermal inversion

Introduced in the House

Aug. 28, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Cynthia Johnson (D-5)

To require state environmental regulators to potentially shut down businesses with air emissions permits during weather that causes an atmospheric “thermal inversion,” and also lower the air quality standard that would trigger such an order.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation