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Relating to county and city standards and requirements for the sale or marketing of bags
Topics:Cities & counties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the regulation of bags by counties and cities. Current law prohibits a county or city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment that sets standards or requirements regarding the sale or marketing of consumer merchandise that are different from, or in addition to, any state law. The definition of “consumer merchandise” includes any container used for consuming, carrying, or transporting such merchandise. The definition of “container” includes a bag, cup, package, container, bottle, or other package, all of which are subject to specified conditions.
Read the full explanation
The bill excludes the word “bag” from the definition of “container”, and therefore bags are not considered consumer merchandise. The bill provides that the prohibition preventing counties and cities from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment that sets standards or requirements regarding the sale or marketing of consumer merchandise that are different from, or in addition to, any state law does not prevent a county or city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment that sets standards or requirements regarding the sale or marketing of bags of any kind offered for sale or lease, or provided with a sale or lease of consumer merchandise.
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Lobbying
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