Maryland Senate Bill 313 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-18 - Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a store from distributing plastic carryout bags to a customer at the point of sale; requiring a store to charge and collect at least 10 cents for each durable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing a store to retain all money collected under certain circumstances; providing certain penalties for certain violations of the Act under certain circumstances; establishing the Single-Use Products Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding single-use products; etc.

Plastics and Packaging Reduction Act

Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Jill Carter [D]
Sen. Sarah Elfreth [D]	Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]
Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]
Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Obie Patterson [D]	Sen. Douglas Peters [D]
Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Charles Sydnor [D]
Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-18	Senate	Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
2020-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {967377/1
2020-03-18	Senate	Motion Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
2020-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {967377/1
2020-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2020-01-22	Senate	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-22	Senate	First Reading Finance

SB313 (Carry Over) 2020-03-18 - Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
HB209 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-18 - Favorable Report by Finance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Business Regulation	19	106	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0313?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0313f.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0313_96737701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0313_fin.pdf