AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits retail sales establishments from providing plastic checkout bags and all retail establishments from providing expanded polystyrene disposable food containers and would be enforced by municipal designees, with an opt out provision.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2019
Last action Mar 6, 2019
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Mar 6, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
legislature
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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