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2015 SESSION
SB 1103 Disposable plastic shopping bags; distribution prohibited, local option.
Introduced by: Jeffrey L. McWaters | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Distribution of disposable plastic shopping bags prohibited; local option. Allows any locality by ordinance to prohibit the distribution, sale, or offer of disposable plastic shopping bags to consumers. The bill exempts from any such prohibition reusable bags of a certain thickness; bags that are used to carry certain products, such as ice cream or newspapers; and garbage bags that are sold in multiples.
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HISTORY
- 01/13/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101066D
- 01/13/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/27/15 Senate: Reported from Local Government (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/29/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/15 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/15 Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (18-Y 19-N)
- 02/02/15 Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- 02/02/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/15 Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 16-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/15 House: Read first time
- 02/06/15 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/11/15 House: Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
- 02/11/15 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/15 House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote