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Email members of the Senate Environment & Natural Resources Committee today and ask them to vote NO on Senate Bill 1822: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers by Senator Martin! Act fast because this bill is being heard this Monday, March 17, at 4:00 p.m. - This bill is identical to House Bill 565: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers, which passed in the House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee on March 11.
SB 1822 would take away local governments’ home rule and ability to regulate any single-use or reusable cup, bottle, bag, or other packaging designed for transporting, consuming, or protecting merchandise, food, or beverages from a retail or food establishment.
Plastic pollution impacts Florida’s waters, harms wildlife, and contaminates our drinking water supply. SB 1822 not only prevents local governments from adopting regulations, it prevents any state agency from regulating food packaging - including in our State Parks and Outstanding Florida Springs. The bill would eliminate regulations currently in place within state parks like Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Rainbow Springs State Park, and Weeki Wachee Springs State Park as well as many coastal communities.
SB 1822 is in direct contradiction to two state-funded studies about regulating trash and, if passed, it will result in more trash ending up in our local waterways. In 2008, the Florida legislature passed a state law preempting the regulation of single use plastic auxiliary containers and wrappings from local governments to the state. Now, for the second year in a row, the state legislature is trying to take the existing preemption to a whole new level.
Together, we were able to stop this bill last year, and we need your help to stop it again.
We need you to make your voice heard on why more preemption and tying the hands of local governments and our state agencies is bad for Florida’s water - We need to make it clear to legislators that Floridians want local plastic bans that protect our state parks to stay in place.
This bill is being heard Monday, March 17, at 4:00 p.m. in the Senate Environment & Natural Resources Committee. Call and email members of the committee today and ask them to vote NO on SB 1822. Floridians want meaningful policy change to reduce plastic pollution, not more preemption.
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Email members of the Senate Environment & Natural Resources Committee today and ask them to vote NO on Senate Bill 1822: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers by Senator Martin! Act fast because this bill is being heard this Monday, March 17, at 4:00 p.m. - This bill is identical to House Bill 565: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers, which passed in the House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee on March 11.
SB 1822 would take away local governments’ home rule and ability to regulate any single-use or reusable cup, bottle, bag, or other packaging designed for transporting, consuming, or protecting merchandise, food, or beverages from a retail or food establishment.
Plastic pollution impacts Florida’s waters, harms wildlife, and contaminates our drinking water supply. SB 1822 not only prevents local governments from adopting regulations, it prevents any state agency from regulating food packaging - including in our State Parks and Outstanding Florida Springs. The bill would eliminate regulations currently in place within state parks like Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Rainbow Springs State Park, and Weeki Wachee Springs State Park as well as many coastal communities.
SB 1822 is in direct contradiction to two state-funded studies about regulating trash and, if passed, it will result in more trash ending up in our local waterways. In 2008, the Florida legislature passed a state law preempting the regulation of single use plastic auxiliary containers and wrappings from local governments to the state. Now, for the second year in a row, the state legislature is trying to take the existing preemption to a whole new level.
Together, we were able to stop this bill last year, and we need your help to stop it again.
We need you to make your voice heard on why more preemption and tying the hands of local governments and our state agencies is bad for Florida’s water - We need to make it clear to legislators that Floridians want local plastic bans that protect our state parks to stay in place.
This bill is being heard Monday, March 17, at 4:00 p.m. in the Senate Environment & Natural Resources Committee. Call and email members of the committee today and ask them to vote NO on SB 1822. Floridians want meaningful policy change to reduce plastic pollution, not more preemption.
Fill in your own subject line like Vote NO on SB 1822.