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Delegate Jones advances plastic-bag ban substitute, bill laid on table 8-1
Summary
Delegate Jones presented HB 1662 to ban single-use plastic carryout bags by 2027; a substituted version adding a delayed effective date was accepted and the committee voted 8–1 to lay the bill on the table as substituted.
Delegate Jermaine Jones introduced House Bill 1662 on behalf of 4th- and 5th-grade students from Almadina School and urged the subcommittee to ban single-use plastic grocery and carryout bags statewide by 2027.
The bill’s sponsor, Delegate Jermaine Jones, said the proposal aims to promote reusable bags and fund litter control across the commonwealth after localities have the option to tax bags under existing law. Counsel reported that the Department of Taxation recommended a delayed effective date; the substitute…
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