VIDEO | Rep. Peter Abbarno sounds the alarm on a dangerous environmental crime bill (Committee speech against Senate Bill 5360)
In his committee speech in the House Environment and Energy Committee, Rep. Peter Abbarno, House Republican Caucus Chair, spoke out against Senate Bill 5360.
This bill seeks to expand criminal penalties for environmental violations—turning accidents, paperwork errors, and routine permit issues into felony crimes, with penalties that stack daily.
As part of his speech, Abbarno pointed out that this bill seeks to give the Attorney General’s Office unprecedented power to investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate anyone under a vague and sweeping new environmental crime statute.
Watch his testimony calling out this dangerous government overreach.
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