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Calif. Plastic Bag Ban Fails
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State Senate has defeated a bill to ban single-use plastic bags statewide — the third time since 2010 the bill has failed to win passage.
June 3, 2013
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State Senate has defeated a bill to ban single-use plastic bags statewide — the third time since 2010 the bill has failed to win passage.
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The proposed law would have banned plastic bags from large retail stores by 2015 and from smaller stores by 2016. The measure failed on a vote of 18-17, three short of the majority needed for passage.
Opponents said the bill would cost 2,000 jobs in the plastics industry in California, most of them in working-class communities.
Read more: Prohibiting Plastic Bags
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