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Bottle Bill Status
(Updated
Saturday March 13, 2010)
October 2009
Come to the Rally and Press Conference:
Oct 7, 2009, 9am, State House, Bowdoin St. entrance.
Come to the Hearings:
Oct 7, 2009, 10am, State House, Room 1a.
Contact your State Representative and
State Senator:
If you know who your legislators are,
click here to contact them.
If you're unsure,
click here
Ask them to Support the Updated Bottle Bill, H3515
Has your City/Town passed a resolution of support?
Click here to see the list that have. If yours isn't on the list,
contact your City Council, Board of Aldermen, or Selectmen and ask them
to pass our
municipal resolution.
Volunteer!
There's lots you can do to help pass the Bottle Bill Update!
Contact Phil Sego for more
information (see contacts page)
July 2009
Committee Chairman Barry Finegold announces that the hearings will be
on October 7, 2009, 10am, Room A1
June 2009
Organizations and agencies from around the state meet to coordinate
the campaign to update the bottle bill.
May 2009
After completion of the budget, the Bottle Bill working group has
begun to promote passage of the Bottle Bill Update. If you're interested
in helping pass the Bottle Bill, please contact us.
April 2009
Attempts to include portions of the Bottle Bill update in the state
budget were unsuccessful.
January 2009
The "Primary" Bottle Bill Update was filed by Sen. Cynthia Creem
and Rep. Alice Wolf (H3515). This bill would update the definitions
to include water, teas, sports drinks, etc.
 Similar
bills were also filed by Rep. Carlo Basile, Rep. Christopher G. Fallon,
Rep. Denis Guyer, Rep. Thomas M. Stanley, Rep. Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera,
and Sen. Robert L. Hedlund. Some of these bills address only
certain portions of the bottle bill, but all of these update the
definitions. Bills to update other aspects of the bottle bill
(e.g. reinstating the Clean Environment Fund) were filed by Rep. Robert
M. Koczera, Rep. Pam Richardson, Sen. James B. Eldridge. In all,
approximately 70 State Representatives and State Senators have sponsored
or co-sponsored a bottle bill update.
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