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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 170

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regulating the provision of certain bags to customers of retailers and granting rule-making authority.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a person who is engaged in the retail sale of goods from

providing a bag for a customer's purchases unless the bag is one of the following: 1)

a compostable plastic bag; 2) a cloth or plastic bag intended for multiple reuses; or

3) a recyclable paper bag.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Benedict (D) , Black (D) , Schneider (D) , Turner (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Schneider, Vruwink, Black, Benedict and Turner

  2. Mar 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business

  3. Jul 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Representative Vruwink withdrawn as a coauthor

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1