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SB26

Plastic bags; tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Status:
Consolidated

Chief Patron:
Chap Petersen (D)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Plastic bag tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Imposes a five-cent per bag tax on plastic bags provided to customers by certain retailers in localities located wholly within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and directs revenues to be used to support the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan. The bill also allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of every five cents collected. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 11/18/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100599D
  • 11/18/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
  • 01/08/2020 - Senate: Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
  • 01/16/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from TAX (SB26)
  • 01/30/2020 - Senate: Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations (SB11-Ebbin) (16-Y 0-N)