SB 1541 — Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-15
Digest: This Act creates a program to recover the costs of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change. Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to serve as the lead agency of an interagency team. Requires [<i>the department</i>]<b> certain agencies</b> to conduct an assessment on the costs of greenhouse gas emissions. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to issue cost recovery demand notices to entities determined to be responsible for the costs of climate change. Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Account. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
No sponsorships on file.
Action timeline
- · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire, then Ways and Means.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)
- · state_upper — Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- · state_upper — In committee upon adjournment.
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no