Maryland House Bill 209 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 12 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-18 - Favorable Report by Finance
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Prohibiting, on or after July 1, 2021, a certain retail establishment from distributing plastic carryout bags to a customer at the point of sale; providing that, on or after July 1, 2021, only the State may enact a law or take other action to prohibit, restrict, or regulate the use of certain plastic bags by a retail establishment, that certain authority of a county or municipality is preempted, and that certain laws or ordinances are superseded; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt certain regulations; etc.

Plastic Bag Reduction Act

Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Gabriel Acevero [D]	Del. Ben Barnes [D]
Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Alice Cain [D]	Del. Jon Cardin [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]
Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Luke Clippinger [D]	Del. Dereck Davis [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]
Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Wanika Fisher [D]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]
Del. Anne Healey [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Marvin Holmes [D]
Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Jazz Lewis [D]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Sara Love [D]	Del. Eric Luedtke [D]
Del. Maggie McIntosh [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Nick Mosby [D]	Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]
Del. Kirill Reznik [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]
Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]	Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]	Del. Courtney Watson [D]
Del. Melissa Wells [D]	Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D]	Del. Nicole Williams [D]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]
Del. Kumar Barve [D]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]

2020-03-12 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 95 N: 37 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-18	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2020-03-13	Senate	Referred Finance
2020-03-12	House	Third Reading Passed (95-37)
2020-03-11	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-11	House	Floor Amendment {683623/1 (Delegate Cox) Adopted
2020-03-10	House	Motion Special Order until 3/11 (Delegate Cox) Adopted
2020-03-10	House	Favorable with Amendments {530619/1 Adopted
2020-03-09	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
2020-01-24	House	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
2020-01-16	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters

HB209 (Carry Over) 2020-03-18 - Favorable Report by Finance
SB313 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-18 - Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Business Regulation	19	106	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0209?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0209f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0209t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0009/hb0209_53061901.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0009/hb0209_68362301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0209_ent.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0209_ecm.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0209_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0524.pdf