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Thermostat Laws and Legislation

Extended Producer Responsibility Laws

California

AB 2347 Mercury-Added Thermostats: Collection Program (September 2008)

Iowa

House File 2669 Relating to the collection and recycling of mercury added thermostats (March 2008)

Maine

Maine Thermostat Law (March 2006)

Montana

Controlled Disposal of Mercury Thermostats (SB 424)

• PSI Letter of Support for SB 424 -- February 19, 2009

New Hampshire

SB 528 Mercury-added Thermostat Collection Program (August 2008)

• Mercury Policy Project Comments on the New Hampshire Legislative Committee Draft Legislation, November 2007

• Mercury Policy Project Testimony to the New Hampshire Senate Natural Resources & Energy on H. 515 March 26, 2008

• Mercury Policy Project Testimony to the New Hampshire House Committee on Environment and Agriculture on SB.528 March 27, 2008

Pennsylvania

House Bill 44 Prohibiting the Sale, Installation and Disposal of Mercury Thermostats (October 2008)

Vermont

Act No. 149 An Act Relating to the Collection and Disposal of Mercury-Added Thermostats (July 2008)

Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation (Active in 2009)

Connecticut

An Act Relating to the Collection and Disposal of Mercury-Added Thermostats (HB 6113)*    *Referred to Joint Committee on Environment (1-27-09)

Illinois

Mercury Thermostat Collection Act (SB 1690)*    *Referred to House Rules Committee (5-31-09)

• PSI Letter of Support for SB1690 -- April 10, 2009

Maine

An Act to Continue to Reduce Mercury Use and Emissions (LD 1042)*     *Signed into Law (6-8-09)

• Comment on LD 1042 --  April 16, 2009

Massachusetts

An Act Relating to the Collection and Disposal of Mercury-Added Thermostats (HB 831)

• PSI Letter of Support for HB 831 -- May 15, 2009

Montana

Controlled Disposal of Mercury Thermostats (SB 424)*    *Signed into Law (4-17-09)

Rhode Island

Mercury Reduction and Education Act (H. 5794)*    *Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture (6-16-09)

• PSI Letter of Support for S. 668 -- March 31, 2009

PSI Documents

Current State Thermostat Laws and Legislation
Comparison of State Mercury Thermostat Performance Goals (October 2008)