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HB1602 Creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.

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Creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
💰

Your Wallet

Battery recycling programs are typically industry-funded and can reduce waste management costs for municipalities, potentially lowering trash disposal fees.

8
🏘️

Your Community

Improper battery disposal causes fires at recycling facilities and contaminates soil and water. This protects communities from both hazards.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

Creates a recycling requirement but provides convenient collection options; the industry bears most responsibility.

Status

Sen. Rosenwald Move to Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 04/23/2026; Senate Journal 10

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Karen Ebel (D)

The Short Version

Creates a battery recycling stewardship program to safely collect and recycle batteries, reducing fire risks at waste facilities and environmental contamination. Passed overwhelmingly (264-72) with strong bipartisan support. Now in Senate committee.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Communities near waste facilities at risk of battery fires
  • ▲ Environmental health
  • ▲ Waste workers facing battery fire hazards
  • ▲ All residents through reduced contamination

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Battery manufacturers who fund stewardship programs
  • ▼ Retailers who may need to host collection points

Roll Call Detail (3 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 3 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 101 for , 100 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 169 for ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Interim Study 2026-03-26
Failed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

127R + 1D
Voted to Kill the Bill (128)
66R + 160D
Voted to Keep It Alive (226)
23
Absent
16
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (128)

Republicans (127)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (226)

Republicans (66)
Democrats (160)
Absent (23)

Cathryn Harvey (D) , Dick Thackston (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , James Summers (R) , John Leavitt (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Lisa Freeman (R) , Mark McLean (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Paige Beauchemin (D) , Raymond Plante (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sherman Packard (R) , Steven Kesselring (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R)

Table 2026-02-19
Failed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

83R + 1D
Voted to Kill the Bill (84)
99R + 155D
Voted to Keep It Alive (254)
34
Absent
21
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (84)

Republicans (83)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (254)

Republicans (99)
Democrats (155)
Absent (34)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Andrew Prout (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Brian Cole (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , Charles McMahon (R) , Claudine Burnham (R) , David Lundgren (R) , Eleana Colby (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Hunt (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristina Schultz (D) , Laurel Stavis (D) , Laurence Miner (R) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Belcher (R) , Myles England (D) , Richard Brown (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Timothy Soucy (D) , Wayne Pearson (D)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-02-19
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

109R + 155D
Voted to Pass (264)
72R
Voted Against (72)
34
Absent
23
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (264)

Republicans (109)
Democrats (155)

Voted Nay (72)

Republicans (72)
Absent (34)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Andrew Prout (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Brian Cole (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , Charles McMahon (R) , Claudine Burnham (R) , David Lundgren (R) , Eleana Colby (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , James Tierney (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Hunt (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Suiter (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristina Schultz (D) , Laurel Stavis (D) , Laurence Miner (R) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Belcher (R) , Myles England (D) , Richard Brown (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Timothy Soucy (D) , Wayne Pearson (D)

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