Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the purchase, use, and disposal of plastic products
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2021
- 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 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 purchase, use, and disposal of plastic products. The bill defines the term “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.
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The bill requires the study group to submit a report to the general assembly no later than August 1, 2022, 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 2631 Relating to the purchase, use, and disposal of plastic products88th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
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