BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5248: Plastic shopping bag tax

Creating a tax on plastic shopping bags.

Summary

A tax is imposed on each plastic bag supplied by a seller to a buyer at a retail sale. The rate of the tax is $0.02 per plastic bag.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5248), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to creating a tax on plastic shopping bags;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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