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Question on adoption of the amendment 20

S2830  ·  Senate roll call No. 185  ·  2024-06-20 15:19  ·  193rd General Court (2023 to 2024)
4 yeas, 35 nays, 0 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 1, moved by Senate Committee on Ways and Means  ·  Adopted, as Amended

An Act to reduce plastics

SECTION 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after chapter 21O the following chapter:- CHAPTER 21P. MASSACHUSETTS PLASTICS REDUCTION ACT Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: “Bag”, a container made of flexible material with an opening at the top, commonly used to carry things. “Carryout bag”, a bag provided to a customer to hold items purchased from or serviced by a business, retailer, organization or other entity; provided, however, that “carryout bag” shall not include a non-handled bag: (i) provided by a pharmacy to a customer purchasing prescription medication; (…

yea · 4

nay · 35

An asterisk marks a vote the sheet records as entered after the roll closed. A member shown as "not linked" is a name on the sheet that did not resolve to exactly one member of the session's roster; it is left as printed rather than guessed.