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Senate circled bag-fee bill after sponsor reduces fee and addresses fiscal access
Summary
Second Substitute Senate Bill 196 to create a retail bag fee and direct proceeds to mitigation and education was circled pending an amendment; sponsor reduced the per-bag fee (4¢ to 2¢ in discussion), said language was added so DEQ and the Tax Commission could access proceeds, and the fiscal note was expected to be net-zero.
Senators circled Second Substitute Senate Bill 196, a bag impact reduction measure that would impose a small fee on single-use retail bags and direct funds to education, clean-up and mitigation efforts.
Sponsor Senator Imamoto described the bill's environmental rationale—plastic bags' impact on recycling and waterways—and said the fee and exemptions…
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