2026 House Joint Resolution S

Environmental protection: pollution prevention; green initiative; provide for.

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by adding section 29 to article I, to recognize an inherent and inalienable right to a clean environment and natural resources and to ensure that the state acts as a trustee for the natural resources of this state.

Official record

Introduced in the House

April 22, 2026

Introduced by Rep. Donavan McKinney (D-11) and 34 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Phil Skaggs (D-80), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Stephen Wooden (D-81), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Noah Arbit (D-20), Matt Koleszar (D-22), Cynthia Neeley (D-70), Kara Hope (D-74), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Stephanie Young (D-16), Jasper Martus (D-69), Morgan Foreman (D-33), Matt Longjohn (D-40), Carol Glanville (D-84), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Julie Rogers (D-41), Joey Andrews (D-38), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Veronica Paiz (D-10), Julie Brixie (D-73), Natalie Price (D-6), Reggie Miller (D-31), Kristian Grant (D-82), Tonya Myers Phillips (D-7), Regina Weiss (D-5), Alabas Farhat (D-3) and Betsy Coffia (D-103)

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism