Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to the purchase, use, and disposal of plastic products
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJune 9, 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
AI summary State agencies and local governments would be banned from buying or using single-use plastic products. The Department of Natural Resources must also form a group to study how much plastic waste ends up in Iowa's land and water. This group will eventually suggest new laws and ideas to help reduce plastic pollution in the environment.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the purchase, use, and disposal of plastic products. The bill provides a definition of “single-use plastic product” and prohibits a state agency or political subdivision of the state from purchasing or obtaining for any purpose a single-use plastic product. The bill requires the department of natural resources to assemble a study group to estimate the amount of nonbiodegradable plastic moving through waste streams in the state and quantify the amount of plastic pollutants discarded in or discharged to the state’s land and waters. The bill requires the study group to submit a report to the general assembly no later than August 1, 2021, providing recommendations for laws, policies, and best practices to reduce and eliminate plastics from waste streams and the natural environment.
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- HF 776 Relating to the purchase, use, and disposal of plastic products89th General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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