Maryland Senate Bill 223

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2020-12-23 - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Hearing: Jan 28 @ 1:00 pm Senate Finance Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting, on or after July 1, 2022, a certain retail establishment from distributing plastic carryout bags to a customer at the point of sale; providing that, on or after July 1, 2022, 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establishment, that certain authority of a county or municipality is preempted, and that certain laws or ordinances are superseded; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt certain regulations; etc.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

Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-23	Senate	Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-13	Senate	First Reading Finance
2020-09-08	Senate	Pre-filed

HB314 (Crossfiled) 2021-01-11 - Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
SB313 (Carry Over) 2020-03-18 - Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted

Type	Source
Summary	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0223?ys=2021RS
Text	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0223f.pdf