Bill Title: Providing for the return of beverage containers and for the powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection; imposing a returnable beverage container assessment on distributors; providing for duties of returnable beverage distributors; establishing the Returnable Beverage Container Fund; and providing for a returnable deposit value on returnable beverage containers, for redemption of empty returnable beverage containers, for redemption centers, for payment of claims from the fund and for annual report to General Assembly.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-22 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [HB579 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Melissa Shusterman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-157	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kristine Howard [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-167	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Liz Hanbidge [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Schlossberg [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-132	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Hill-Evans [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-095	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Maureen Madden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-115	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Ciresi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-146	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Sims [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-182	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Napoleon Nelson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-154	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Perry Stambaugh [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-086	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nick Pisciottano [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Summer Lee [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christina Sappey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-158	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sara Innamorato [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Freeman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-136	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Rozzi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-126	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Scott Conklin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Zabel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-163	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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