Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments.
Last action: 2026-02-23 — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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Official Description
Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments.
Bill Details
- Bill Number
- SB 5965
- Current Status
- Introduced
- Sponsors
- Jessica Bateman, Jesse Salomon, Sharon Shewmake
- Introduced
- 2026-01-05
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current Committee
- Rules
Bill History
- 2026-01-30 Minority; do not pass.
- 2026-01-30 Minority; without recommendation.
- 2026-02-02 Referred to Ways & Means.
- 2026-02-05 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- 2026-02-09 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-19 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- 2026-02-19 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- 2026-02-19 Minority; do not pass.
- 2026-02-19 Minority; without recommendation.
- 2026-02-23 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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