Legislation
- Title
- Plastics and Packaging Reduction Act
- Sponsored by
- Senators Augustine, Beidle, Benson, Carter, Elfreth, Ellis, Feldman, Guzzone, Kagan, Kelley, King, Kramer, Lam, Lee, Patterson, Peters, Pinsky, Rosapepe, Smith, Sydnor, Waldstreicher, Washington, Young, and Zucker
- Status
- In the Senate - Special Order until later today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note
Synopsis
Prohibiting a store from distributing plastic carryout bags to a customer at the point of sale; requiring a store to charge and collect at least 10 cents for each durable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing a store to retain all money collected under certain circumstances; providing certain penalties for certain violations of the Act under certain circumstances; establishing the Single-Use Products Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding single-use products; etc.
Committees
- Original:
- Finance Click to view Recorded Media
Committee Testimony
Details
Cross-filed with: HB0209
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021
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19-106 )
Last Updated: 9/22/2020 2:59 PM