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2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 226

AN ACT CONCERNING SINGLE-USE CARRYOUT BAGS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require a phased-in transition to one hundred per cent recyclable single-use carryout bags that contain not less than eighty per cent post-consumer recycled materials and to require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the grocery and retail industries that provides for a fifty per cent reduction in the distribution of paper bags and plastic single-use carryout bags by 2021.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Tony Hwang

In the House of Representatives

    4 co-sponsors

    Kim Rose, Steven J. Stafstrom, Philip J. Miller, Emmett D. Riley

    Its course

    February 24 to April 22, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action13 actions on 8 days

    In the SenateFeb 24 to Apr 2056 days

    Environment CommitteeFeb 24 to Mar 1116 days

    In the House of RepresentativesApr 20 to Apr 22 · stopped2 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 20

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 24 – Apr 20

    1. Feb 24Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
    2. Feb 29Heard in Environment Committee
    3. Mar 11Environment Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Apr 20The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    5. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendment A

    In the House of Representatives Apr 22

    1. Apr 22Arrived in the House of Representatives
    All 13 actions, as published
    1. Feb 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 29PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 11Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 14FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 24REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 31RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 31FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Mar 31SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Mar 31FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 20SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    11. Apr 20SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    12. Apr 22FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    13. Apr 22HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives