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Passed in 2007 Passed in 2008 Passed in 2009 Passed in 2010 Passed in 2011 Passed in 2012 Passed in 2013 Passed in 2014 Passed in 2015 Passed in 2016 Passed in 2017
Retail Bag Ordinances - Today
Passed in 2018 Passed in 2019
The Plastic Retail Bag Legislative Landscape Retail Bag Ordinances - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Plastic Retail Bag Legislative Landscape Retail Bag Ordinances - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Plastic Retail Bag Legislative Landscape Retail Bag Ordinances - Today Passed in 2007 Passed in 2008 Passed in 2009 Passed in 2010 Passed in 2011 Passed in 2012 Passed in 2013 Passed in 2014 Passed in 2015 Passed in 2016 Passed in
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2019 Bag Legislative Map
States with statewide uniformity prior to 2019 States with bag ban
- r tax legislation in 2019
States with statewide uniformity legislation in 2019 States with passed statewide uniformity campaigns in 2019 States with passed bag ban
- r tax in 2019
Major Localities with proposed ordinances in 2019
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Tennessee
- Senate Bill 431 and House Bill 1021
- Statewide uniformity for auxiliary containers
- Signed by Governor on April 12
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North Dakota
- House Bill 1200
- Statewide uniformity for auxiliary
containers
- Governor signed on March 28
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Oklahoma
- Senate Bill 1001
- Statewide uniformity for auxiliary
containers
- Signed by Governor on April 17
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Ohio
- House Bill 242
- Statewide uniformity for auxiliary
containers
- Currently in House Committee on Rules
and Reference
- Legislature meets throughout the year
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2019 Statewide Uniformity Playing Field
Auxiliary Container Uniformity Law in Place Active Legislation Constitutional Statewide Uniformity in place – Locals cannot regulate auxiliary containers. Differing Uniformity Law in Place
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South Carolina
- Senate Bill 394
- Statewide uniformity for auxiliary
containers
- Missed deadline
- Session ended May 9
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Illinois
- Senate Bill 1240
- 7-cent/10-cent checkout bag tax
- Currently in Senate
- Spring session concludes on May 31
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Washington
- Senate Bill 5323
- Reusable bag definition: 2.25/3/4 mils
- Died in the House
- Session concluded April 28
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Oregon
- House Bill 2509
- Reusable bag definition: 4 mils
- Currently in Senate Committee on Rules
- Session concludes June 30
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Rhode Island
- Senate Bill 410
- Reusable bag definition: 4 mils
- Currently in Senate Committee on
Environment and Agriculture
- Session concludes mid-July
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Alaska
- House Bill 81
- Reusable bag definition: 4 mils
- Currently in House Committee on Labor
and Commerce
- Session concludes May 24th
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Massachusetts
- House Bill 771 and Senate Bill 462
- Reusable bag definition: sewn bag with
stitched handles; not made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride
- Currently in Committee on Environment,
Natural Resources, and Agriculture
- Legislature meets throughout the year
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Maine
- House Bill 1115
- Reusable bag definition: 4 mils
- Currently in Joint Committee on
Environment and Natural Resources
- Session concludes June 19
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Connecticut
- Senate Bill 877
- 10-cent tax
- Currently in Office of Legislative Research
and Office of Fiscal Analysis
- Senate Bill 1003
- Reusable bag definition: 12 mils
- Currently in Senate
- Session concludes June 5
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Vermont
- Senate Bill 113
- Reusable bag definition: 2.25 in the
Senate; stitched handles in the House
- Conference Committee Report – Stitched
handles/polypropylene
- Session concludes this week
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New Jersey
- Senate Bill 2776
- Reusable bag definition: 10 mils
- Currently in Senate Committee on Budget
and Appropriations
- Legislature meets throughout the year
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Delaware
- Senate Bill 113
- Reusable bag definition: 2.25 mils
- Passed House Last Week
- Session concludes June 30
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New York
- New York banned ALL plastic bags in April
- Did not exempt reusable bags from plastic
bag prohibition.
- Exempted food service establishments
- Optional paper bag fee based on county.
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We are seeing a few trends
- Bans rather than taxes
- Environmental activist organizations have figured out that taxes all
but guarantee plastic bags will never be eliminated.
- Taxes remain less politically popular than “bans.”
- 2.25 mils is being considered a “loophole”
- We are now seeing a move in many places to at least 4 mils and now
activists are fighting for “sewn” or “stitched” handles.
- 5 or 10-cent fee on reusable and paper
- Going far beyond bags at this point
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