1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to local government; removing prohibition on banning merchant bags;
1.3 repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9998.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. REPEALER.
1.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9998, is repealed.
1Section 1.
25-00082 as introduced11/19/24 REVISOR MS/BM
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1598NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN, Fateh and Port)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/20/2025
Referred to State and Local Government 471.9998 MERCHANT BAGS.
Subdivision 1.Merchant option.All merchants, itinerant vendors, and peddlers doing business
in this state shall have the option to provide customers a paper, plastic, or reusable bag for the
packaging of any item or good purchased, provided such purchase is of a size and manner
commensurate with the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags.
Subd. 2.Prohibition; bag ban.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no political
subdivision shall impose any ban upon the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags for packaging of
any item or good purchased from a merchant, itinerant vendor, or peddler.
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APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-00082