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SB 162: Disposable Plastic Bags

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Farmer ; Clemens ; Stewart ; Campbell

Disposable Plastic Bags; Authorizing certain municipalities to establish pilot programs to regulate or ban disposable plastic bags, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Community Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  4. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/14/2016 Senate • Filed
    1/10/2017 Senate • Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs; Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 48
    3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 48
    3/17/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 03/22/17, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
    3/22/2017 Senate • Favorable by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 -SJ 243
    3/23/2017 Senate • Now in Community Affairs -SJ 243
    5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Community Affairs

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  • SB 162, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/14/2016 at 11:29 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Environmental Preservation and Conservation (Pre-Meeting) 3/21/2017 (pdf)
    Environmental Preservation and Conservation (Post-Meeting) 3/22/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 93 Disposable Plastic Bags Richardson Similar Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/22/2017 4:00 PM Environmental Preservation and Conservation 4 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    403.70325 Page 1 (pdf)
    403.7033 Departmental analysis of particular recyclable materials. Page 2 (pdf)

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