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HB97 Making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

Environment & Energy Dead Auto-scored

Making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
💰

Your Wallet

State investment in wastewater infrastructure saves municipalities and ratepayers from shouldering the full cost of needed upgrades.

8
🏘️

Your Community

Wastewater infrastructure protects drinking water, public health, lakes, and rivers that communities depend on.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

No significant direct freedom impact.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 175-156 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 176

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Thomas Buco (D)

The Short Version

Would have funded wastewater infrastructure projects through an appropriation to DES. Critical for clean water and public health. Killed on a party-line vote despite bipartisan recognition of infrastructure needs.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Municipalities with aging wastewater systems
  • ▲ Property owners near waterways
  • ▲ Public health
  • ▲ Tourism industry

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Taxpayers funding the appropriation

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

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 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 4 for , 175 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 152 for ) .

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

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-01-07
Passed

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

175R
Voted to Kill the Bill (175)
4R + 152D
Voted to Keep It Alive (156)
40
Absent
24
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (175)

Republicans (175)

Voted Nay (156)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (152)
Absent (40)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Fracht (D) , David Lundgren (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Mark Vallone (D) , Mary Ford (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sallie Fellows (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Thomas Schamberg (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (R) , Travis Toner (R)

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