Pennsylvania Senate Bill 795 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on July 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-08 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
Pending: Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act providing for the return of beverage containers and for the powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection; imposing a returnable beverage container assessment on distributors; providing for duties of returnable beverage distributors; establishing the Returnable Beverage Container Fund; and providing for a returnable deposit value on returnable beverage containers, for redemption of empty returnable beverage containers, for redemption centers, for payment of claims from the fund and for annual report to General Assembly.

Providing for the return of beverage containers and for the powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection; imposing a returnable beverage container assessment on distributors; providing for duties of returnable beverage distributors; establishing the Returnable Beverage Container Fund; and providing for a returnable deposit value on returnable beverage containers, for redemption of empty returnable beverage containers, for redemption centers, for payment of claims from the fund and for annual report to General Assembly.

Sen. Sharif Street [D]	Sen. Jay Costa [D]	Sen. Vincent Hughes [D]	Sen. John Blake [D]
Sen. Daylin Leach [D]	Sen. Katie Muth [D]	Sen. Lisa Boscola [D]	Sen. Judy Schwank [D]
Sen. Maria Collett [D]	Sen. Steven Santarsiero [D]	Sen. Timothy Kearney [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-08	Senate	Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=795
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0795&pn=1096