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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6450
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2356
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC,
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the use and 1
distribution of single-use, plastic bags in retail establishments while 2
exempting food packaging plastic, plastic garment bags, newspaper 3
sleeves and commercial packages of multiple bags from such 4
prohibition. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To provide a prohibition on single-use, plastic bags while retaining
exemptions in order to reduce the volume of nonbiodegradable
plastics in the state's solid waste stream.