HB 5157 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIRE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

House of Representatives General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.

515788 February Session, 2026 LCOSubstitute House Bill No.

11395157 ReferredHouse toof Representatives, March 19, 2026 The Committee on ENVIRONMENTEnvironment Introducedreported by:through REP.

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None Explanation The bill extends, from January 1, 2025 to July 1, 2027, the requirement for tire retailers to join a stewardship organization, and does not result in a cost to the state or municipalities.

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None Municipal Impact:

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88 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 5157 AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIRE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

SUMMARY A 2023 law required the establishment of a statewide stewardship program to manage discarded tires (PA 23-62).

Among other things, it required tire producers, by January 1, 2025, to join a stewardship organization and submit plans to implement the program to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) for its approval.

This bill requires tire retailers to join a stewardship organization by July 1, 2027.

Under current law, their participation in a tire stewardship organization is voluntary.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Upon passage BACKGROUND Tire Stewardship Program Requirements Under existing law, the tire stewardship program must, to the extent technologically and economically practicable, establish and manage a statewide collection system for tires.

This program must, among other things, provide for:

1.

free public access to the collection system (i.e.

drop-off) for discarded tires;

2.

suitable storage containers for tires, as needed, throughout the collection system;

3.

public promotion and education about the program;

and 4.

market development, as needed, to meet performance goals.

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88 The programmust befinancedthroughproducer funding and ensure that discarded tires are (1) picked up from the collection system and transported for recycling and (2) resold or recycled (CGS § 22a-905i).

The DEEP commissioner may civilly enforce the program’s requirements under her existing authority, and the Attorney General, at the commissioner’s request, may bring an action in the New Britain superior court for an order to enjoin any act, practice, or omission in violation of the tire stewardship program requirements.