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2020 SESSION
HB 534 Disposable plastic bags; local tax.
Introduced by: Betsy B. Carr | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Local disposable plastic bag tax. Authorizes any county or city, beginning no earlier than January 1, 2021, to impose a tax of five cents per bag on disposable plastic bags provided to consumers by certain retailers, with certain bags being exempt from the tax. The bill allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain a portion of the five-cent tax and provides that the revenue accruing to the county or city shall be used for certain purposes, including environmental cleanup and the provision of reusable bags. The measure authorizes the Tax Commissioner to administer the tax. This bill is identical to SB 11.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101570D pdf | impact statements
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107686D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108914D-S1 pdf
- 03/05/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109450D-H2 pdf
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB534ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1022) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/05/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101570D
- 01/05/20 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/29/20 House: Referred from Finance by voice vote
- 01/29/20 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/30/20 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 02/05/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107686D-H1
- 02/06/20 House: Read first time
- 02/07/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107686D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB534H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and defeated by House (50-Y 49-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (50-Y 49-N)
- 02/11/20 House: Requires 51 affirmative votes for passage
- 02/11/20 House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- 02/11/20 House: Passed House (52-Y 46-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage #2 (52-Y 46-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108914D-S1
- 02/26/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/26/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108914D-S1
- 02/26/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB534S1
- 02/26/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20108914D-S1 (0-Y 93-N)
- 02/26/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 93-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/27/20 House: House acceded to request
- 02/27/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/27/20 House: Delegates: Carr, Lopez, Ware
- 02/27/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/27/20 Senate: Senators: Ebbin, McClellan, Vogel
- 03/05/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/05/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109450D-H2
- 03/05/20 House: Passed by temporarily
- 03/05/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB534ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/10/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1022 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1022)