SB 313

Plastics and Packaging Reduction Act

Sponsor: Malcolm Augustine (District 47)Committee: FinanceSubject: Business Regulation and OccupationsStatus: Special Order until later today (Senator Ready) Adopted (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a store from distributing plastic carryout bags to a customer at the point of sale; requiring a store to charge and collect at least 10 cents for each durable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing a store to retain all money collected under certain circumstances; providing certain penalties for certain violations of the Act under certain circumstances; establishing the Single-Use Products Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding single-use products; etc.

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Testimony (67)

MGA witness list

FAV 47FavorableFWA 11Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Baron, Peter	Anne Arundel County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Iliff, Jesse	Arundel Rivers Federation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kophegnavong, Nicholas	Baltimore Beyond Plastic	Position only
FAV	Weikert, Maya	Baltimore Beyond Plastic	Position only
FAV	Aiosa, Jenn	Blue Water Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fink, Rachel	Bmore Beyond Plastic	Position only
FAV	Merry, Joanna	Bmore Beyond Plastic	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thomas-Wilhite, Carmera	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blendy, Nicholas	City of Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Karen	Columbia Family Acupuncture	Written (PDF)
FAV	Breimann, Kate	Environment Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Breimann, Kate	Environment Maryland	Position only
FAV	Gallagher, Patrice	Frederick Zero Waste Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fratila, Corina	Ideal Endocrinology	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rose, Jodilobbyist	Interfaith Parrhers for the Chesapeake	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ambler, Anne	MD Citizen	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palencio-Calvo, Ramon	MD LCV	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tolle, Cailey Locklair	MD Retailers	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jacobs, Sydney	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jacobs, Sydney	MD Sierra Club	Position only
FAV	Olsen, Susan	MD resident	Written (PDF)
FAV	Raghu, Bommasamudram	MD resident	Written (PDF)
FAV	DySard, Alexandra	MOM's Organic Market	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Eck, Raimee	Maryland Public Health Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bankey, Laura	National Aquarium	Oral
FAV	Fredriksson, Ryanlobbyist	National Aquarium	Written (PDF)
FAV	Turbe, Laura	Neighbors of the Northwest Branch	Written (PDF)
FAV	Taylor, Malcolm	Ocean City Surfrider	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ross, Jacob	Oceana	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cooney, Bente	Plastic Free QAC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Glaros, Danielle	Prince Georges County Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Turner, Todd	Prince Georges County Council chair	Written (PDF)
FAV	Day, Katie	Reverend	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bryant, Cheryl	Reverend/Baltimore City	Position only
FAV	Klein, Steve	Shoprite	Position only
FAV	Trumbauer, Tim	Shore Rivers	Position only
FAV	Taylor, Malcolm	Surfrider Foundation	Oral
FAV	Robinson, Shane	Trash Free MD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Robinson, Shane	Trash Free Maryland	Position only
FAV	Nicholas, Betsy	Waterkeepers Chesapeake	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hazynski, Chris	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Peterson, Matt	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Potyraj, Thomas	Individual	Position only
FAV	Potyraj, Thomas	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Augustine, Senator Augustinelegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tarbert, Colin	Individual	Position only
FAV	blendy, nicholas	Individual	Position only
UNF	Craig, Jordan	AF & PA	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Seaholm, Matt	ARPBA	Position only
UNF	Johnson, Rob	American Recycleable Plastic Bag Alliance	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Bellamy, Lorenzolobbyist	Bellamy Genn Group	Position only
UNF	O'HALLORAN, MIKE	NFIB	Written (PDF)
UNF	Thompson, Melvinlobbyist	Restaurant Association of Maryland	Oral
UNF	King, Eric	Sea King/Pig Pickers	Oral
FWA	Ayira, Adar	Associated Black Charities	Written (PDF)
FWA	London, Rachel	DD COUNCIL	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kelton, Zeki	Energy Justice Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Butler, Alex	MACo	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Gross, Julia	Maryland Hunger Solutions	Written (PDF)
FWA	Wilson, Michaellobbyist	Maryland Hunger Solutions	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

AF & PAUNF 1

American Recycleable Plastic Bag AllianceUNF 1

Anne Arundel CountyFAV 1

ARPBAUNF 1

Arundel Rivers FederationFAV 1

Associated Black CharitiesFWA 1

Baltimore Beyond PlasticFAV 2

Bellamy Genn GroupUNF 1

Blue Water BaltimoreFAV 1

Bmore Beyond PlasticFAV 2

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

City of BaltimoreFAV 1

Columbia Family AcupunctureFAV 1

DD COUNCILFWA 1

Energy Justice NetworkFWA 1

Environment MarylandFAV 2

Frederick Zero Waste AllianceFAV 1

Ideal EndocrinologyFAV 1

Interfaith Parrhers for the ChesapeakeFAV 1

MACoFWA 1

Maryland Hunger SolutionsFWA 2

Maryland Public Health AssociationFAV 1

MD Alliance for the PoorINFO 1

MD CitizenFAV 1

MD LCVFAV 1

MD residentFAV 2

MD RetailersFAV 1

MD Sierra ClubFAV 2

MDEINFO 1

MoCo CEFWA 1

MOM's Organic MarketFAV 1

Montgomery CountyFWA 1

National AquariumFAV 2

Neighbors of the Northwest BranchFAV 1

NFIBUNF 1

NWRAFWA 1

Ocean City SurfriderFAV 1

OceanaFAV 1

Pet Industry Joint Advisory CouncilFWA 1

Plastic Free QACFAV 1

Prince Georges County CouncilFAV 1

Prince Georges County Council chairFAV 1

Restaurant Association of MarylandUNF 1

ReverendFAV 1

Reverend/Baltimore CityFAV 1

RWL on behalf of Premium Cigar Assoc.FWA 1

Sea King/Pig PickersUNF 1

ShopriteFAV 1

Shore RiversFAV 1

Surfrider FoundationFAV 1

Trash Free MarylandFAV 1

Trash Free MDFAV 1

Waterkeepers ChesapeakeFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVRose, JodiInterfaith Parrhers for the ChesapeakeRegistered for: Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake

FAVFredriksson, RyanNational AquariumRegistered for: National Aquarium

UNFBellamy, LorenzoBellamy Genn GroupRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland; Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding; American Forest & Paper Association; Americans for Patient Access; Avaya, Inc.; Bellamy Genn Group, LLC…

UNFThompson, MelvinRestaurant Association of MarylandRegistered for: Restaurant Association of Maryland

FWAWilson, MichaelMaryland Hunger SolutionsRegistered for: Food Research and Action Center dba Maryland Hunger Solutions

INFOJefferson, StaceyMD Alliance for the PoorRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore