Massachusetts Senate Bill 494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-03 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Pending: Senate Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to reduce disposable plastic straw waste. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

To combat disposable plastic straw waste

Sen. Michael Barrett [D]

Rep. Michelle Ciccolo [D]

Sen. Joanne Comerford [D]

Rep. Kay Khan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-03	Senate	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2022-03-03	Senate	Accompanied by S572, H989 and H998
2021-06-15	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 06/22/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-03-29	House	House concurred
2021-03-29	Senate	Referred to the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

H1296 (Similar To) 2022-10-13 - Accompanied a study order, see H5201
H690 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
H2315 (Similar To) 2022-09-06 - Accompanied a study order, see H5035
S231 (Similar To) 2022-02-07 - Accompanied a study order, see S2666
S177 (Similar To) 2022-07-31 - Accompanied a new draft, see S3094
S1370 (Similar To) 2021-12-02 - Accompanied H2263
S197 (Similar To) 2022-02-07 - Accompanied a study order, see S2666
S572 (Replaces) 2022-03-03 - Accompanied S494
H989 (Replaces) 2022-03-03 - Accompanied S494
H998 (Replaces) 2022-03-03 - Accompanied S494
H2354 (Similar To) 2021-12-02 - Accompanied S1445

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S494
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S494.pdf