BILL · 2011–12 SESSION
SB 5863: Plastic shopping bags
Creating a tax on plastic shopping bags.
Summary
- Levies a tax in the amount of two cents on each plastic bag supplied by a seller to a buyer at retail sale.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedMar 3, 2011
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Maralyn Chase (D-32)
- Introduced
- March 3, 2011 in the Senate
- Last action
- April 11, 2012
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to creating a tax on plastic shopping bags;
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
SB 5863 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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