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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6229
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3453
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. BUMGARDNER, 41st Dist.
REP. PARKER, 101st Dist.
SEN. HOCHADEL, 13th Dist.
SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.
REP. ARZENO, 151st Dist.
SEN. CABRERA, 17th Dist.
REP. JOHNSON, 143rd Dist.
REP. REYES, 75th Dist.
REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.
REP. LEEPER, 132nd Dist.
REP. KEITT, 134th Dist.
REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.
REP. ROBERTS, 137th Dist.
REP. JACOBSON, 148th Dist.
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.
REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist.
REP. SWEET, 91st Dist.
REP. NOLAN, 39th Dist.
REP. MCGEE T., 116th Dist.
REP. CHAFEE, 33rd Dist.
REP. BERGER-GIRVALO, 111th Dist.
REP. SANCHEZ, 6th Dist.
REP. BELTON, 100th Dist.
REP. MENAPACE, 37th Dist.
REP. GAUTHIER, 38th Dist.
REP. FARRAR K., 20th Dist.
REP. TURCO, 27th Dist.
SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.
REP. SHANNON, 117th Dist.
REP. SMITH F., 118th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A REDUCTION OF SINGLE -USE PLASTICS
AND POLYSTYRENE WASTE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Prohibit any state or 1
municipal government agency, including any vendor with a 2
government contract, schools and any business, including food vendors, 3
from selling, using, purchasing or providing: (A) Any food ware or 4 Proposed Bill No. 6229
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beverage product composed in whole, or in part, of polystyrene, such as 5
takeout containers or trays; (B) any packaging product composed of 6
polystyrene, including packaging peanuts; and (C) any single-use 7
plastic cutlery, straw, plastic stirrer, splash stick or food ware accessory 8
to a customer, except a single-use plastic straw may be provided to 9
persons with a disability; (2) require state buildings, municipal 10
buildings and schools that are required to contain drinking fountains to 11
also have an equivalent number of bottle-filling stations; (3) require a 12
report on establishing a requirement to reduce single-use plastic 13
packaging and food service products by not less than twenty-five per 14
cent by 2032. 15
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce the production of single-use plastics and polystyrene waste
in the state.