STATEHB3232 OFPOLPCS1 OKLAHOMABrian 2ndHill-JL Session2/4/2026 of4:43:41 thepm 60thCOMMITTEE LegislatureAMENDMENT (2026) HOUSE BILLOF 3232REPRESENTATIVES By:State of Oklahoma SPEAKER:
HillCHAIR: 5 AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to state government;
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_____________________________ ______________________Reading Clerk___ STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
3232 By:
Hill 6 8 PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to land application of sludge and biosolid material containing human waste;
prohibiting land application of certain materials containing human waste in counties upon approval by voters;
providing election requirements;
prohibiting issuance of certain permits;
requiring cessation of certain actions by certain dates;
requiring plan submission by certain permittees by certain date;
directing rule promulgation;
defining terms;
providing for codification;
and declaring an emergency.
NEW LAW A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-6-501.7 of Title 27A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
ThisA. act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Government Act of 2026".
On and after the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Quality shall not issue any new permit for the land application of sludge or biosolid material containing human fecal Req.
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Subject to the provisions of subsection E of this section, such election shall be called by the board of county commissioners upon receipt of a petition signed by registered voters constituting not less than fifteen percent (15%) of the total votes cast in the county in the last general election for the Office of Governor, or such election may be called by the board of county commissioners upon its own motion.
B.
1.
Not later than one year from date of such election, all persons or entities permitted to land apply sludge or biosolid material containing human fecal matter in the county shall reduce the amount of such material land applied by at least twenty-five percent (25%).
2.
Not later than two years from date of such election, all persons or entities permitted to land apply sludge or biosolid material containing human fecal matter in the county shall reduce the amount of such material land applied by at least fifty percent (50%).
C.
Not later than one year from date of such election, any person or entity permitted to land apply sludge or biosolid material containing human fecal matter in the county shall submit a plan for full cessation of such actions to the Department of Environmental Quality.
The plan shall be compiled and submitted in the form and Req.
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The Department shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
D.
For the purposes of this section:
1.
"Biosolid material" means sewage sludge containing any perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance;
and 2.
"Sludge" shall mean sludge as defined pursuant to Section 2- 10-401 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
E.
A proposition authorized by the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be placed before the voters of the applicable county at an election to be held on the same date as:
1.
Any regularly scheduled federal, state, or county election held in that county;
2.
A special election held in that county for a federal, state, or county office;
or 3.
A special election held in that county for another county proposition or a state question.
ThisIt being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall becometake effectiveeffect Novemberand 1,be 2026.in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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