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H0812 • 2026

PLASTIC BAGS – Repeals existing law preempting local regulation of auxiliary containers, including plastic bags.

PLASTIC BAGS – Repeals existing law preempting local regulation of auxiliary containers, including plastic bags.

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Sponsor
RUBEL
Last action
2026-03-04
Official status
H Filed Office Chief Clerk
Effective date
Not listed

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PLASTIC BAGS – Repeals existing law preempting local regulation of auxiliary containers, including plastic bags.

PLASTIC BAGS – Repeals existing law preempting local regulation of auxiliary containers, including plastic bags.

What This Bill Does

  • PLASTIC BAGS – Repeals existing law preempting local regulation of auxiliary containers, including plastic bags.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported Printed; Filed in the Office of the Chief Clerk

  2. 2026-03-03 Idaho State Legislature

    Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

PLASTIC BAGS – Repeals existing law preempting local regulation of auxiliary containers, including plastic bags.

Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
812
BY
RUBEL
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
REGULATION
OF
AUXILIARY
CONTAINERS;
REPEALING
SECTION
2
67
-
2340,
IDAHO
CODE,
RELATING
TO
STATE
PREEMPTION
OF
LOCAL
REGULATION
3
OF
AUXILIARY
CONTAINERS,
INCLUDING
PLASTIC
BAGS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMER
-
4
GENCY.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Section
67
-
2340
,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
7
repealed.
8
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
9
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
its
10
passage
and
approval.
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