BILL · 2007–08 SESSION
HB 2424: Grocery checkout bags
Regarding grocery checkout bags.
Summary
- Prohibits grocery stores after January 1, 2009 from providing checkout bags unless they are made of recyclable paper, compostable plastic, textile materials, or reusable plastic.
- Allows grocery stores after January 1, 2009 to claim a credit against the litter tax by providing free or subsidized bags made of textile materials.
- Authorizes a fine of up to five hundred dollars per day for providing prohibited bags.
From the House Bill Analysis 2008 (HB 2424), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 14, 2008
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Maralyn Chase (D-32)
- Introduced
- January 14, 2008 in the House
- Last action
- January 14, 2008
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to grocery checkout bags;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Maralyn Chase (D-32)
3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health.
- Prefiled for introduction.
HB 2424 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2424 (2025–26) Temporary staffing/sales tax
- HB 2424 (2023–24) State-tribe coop./wildlife
- HB 2424 (2019–20) Heating oil insurance
- HB 2424 (2017–18) Self-produced fuel/use tax
- HB 2424 (2015–16) Hospital discharge planning
- HB 2424 (2013–14) Self-service storage
- HB 2424 (2011–12) TANF applicant drug testing
- HB 2424 (2009–10) Sexual exploitation/children