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SB 551Prohibits restaurants and retailers from providing single-use checkout bags to consumers.

Congress · introduced 2024-12-31

<b>Digest: This Act changes restrictions on checkout bags. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7).</b> [<i>Digest: This Act changes restrictions on checkout bags and restricts some plastic products. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>] Prohibits restaurants and retailers from providing single-use checkout bags to consumers. [<i>Prohibits food and beverage providers and convenience stores from providing single-use plastic utensils or single-use plastic condiment packaging to consumers unless requested.</i>] [<i>Prohibits lodging establishments from providing small plastic personal health or beauty product containers unless requested.</i>].

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Sponsors

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Inbound (15)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2024-12-31Andersen, Tomsponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Chaichi, Farrahcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Fragala, Lisacosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Gamba, Markcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Gomberg, Davidcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Hudson, Zachcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Javadi, Cyruscosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Lively, Johncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Marsh, Pamcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Nosse, Robcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Manning Jr., Jamescosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Patterson, Debcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Pham, Khanhcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Reynolds, Lisacosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Sollman, Janeensponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19)sponsor05
2Sollman, Janeen (D, state_upper OR-15)sponsor05
3Chaichi, Farrah (D, state_lower OR-35)cosponsor01
4Fragala, Lisa (D, state_lower OR-8)cosponsor01
5Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41)cosponsor01
6Gomberg, David (D, state_lower OR-10)cosponsor01
7Hudson, Zach (D, state_lower OR-49)cosponsor01
8Javadi, Cyrus (R, state_lower OR-32)cosponsor01
9Lively, John (D, state_lower OR-7)cosponsor01
10Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7)cosponsor01
11Marsh, Pam (D, state_lower OR-5)cosponsor01
12Nosse, Rob (D, state_lower OR-42)cosponsor01
13Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10)cosponsor01
14Pham, Khanh (D, state_upper OR-23)cosponsor01
15Reynolds, Lisa (D, state_upper OR-17)cosponsor01

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

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  1. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Chaichi, Farrah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Reynolds, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Manning Jr., James (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gomberg, David (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Fragala, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Lively, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Marsh, Pam (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Hudson, Zach (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Pham, Khanh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Javadi, Cyrus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gamba, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Sollman, Janeen (sponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Andersen, Tom (sponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nosse, Rob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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