Grocery stores often ask patrons if they want paper or plastic. Lawmakers asked a different question Friday: should the state impose a new 10-cent bag fee to cut down on landfill trash or should the state ban local governments from charging such fees.
The Senate Economic Development Committee picked the latter Friday, advancing a ban on local bag fees — and decided that the idea for a state tax needs more study.
It voted 4-0 to recommend more study later this year for SB192 by Sen. Jani Iwamoto, D-Holladay, that would have imposed that 10-cent-a-bag fee.
And it voted 3-0 to advance SB218 by Sen.