The Plastic Bag Ban Bill, AB 1998 (Brownley), passed out of fiscal committee today and now heads to an Assembly Floor vote next week. Californians use 19 billion single-use plastic bags every year, many of which are littered and become plastic litter pollution. AB 1998 would eliminate a large source of this litter pollution.
AB 2138 (Chesbro), which would have phased out foamed polystyrene food packaging, was held in committee.