Bill Sponsors: IL HB3335 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
Bill Title: Creates the Carryout Bag Fee Act. Provides that a carryout bag fee of $0.10 is imposed on each carryout bag used by a customer at retail establishments, except in municipalities with a population greater than 1,000,000, with $0.03 being returned to the retail establishment, $0.04 into the Carryout Bag Fee Fund, $0.01 to the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois, $0.01 into the Solid Waste Management Fund, and $0.01 into the Partners for Conservation Fund. Provides that the carryout bag fee does not apply to the retail sale or use of carryout bags that are used to carry items purchased under specified governmental food assistance programs. Repeals the new Act on January 1, 2026. Amends the State Finance Act making conforming changes. Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not ban, place a fee or tax on, or regulate in any other manner the use, disposition, content, taxation, or sale of carryout bags. Limits the applicability of the provisions as they relate to a county or municipality that charged a fee or tax on carryout bags on February 1, 2018 and specified recycling programs. Limits home rule powers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez [HB3335 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez [HB3335 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Representative Ann Williams [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-011 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Kelly Cassidy [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-014 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Bob Morgan [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-058 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Michelle Mussman [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-056 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Mary Edly-Allen [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-031 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-017 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jonathan Pizer [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-012 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Robyn Gabel [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-018 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Barbara Hernandez [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-050 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |