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SF 1598

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/04/2025 09:04 a.m.

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underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to local government; removing prohibition on banning merchant bags;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9998.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9998, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-00082

471.9998 MERCHANT BAGS.

Subdivision 1.

Merchant option.

All merchants, itinerant vendors, and peddlers doing business in this state shall have the option to provide customers a paper, plastic, or reusable bag for the packaging of any item or good purchased, provided such purchase is of a size and manner commensurate with the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags.

Subd. 2.

Prohibition; bag ban.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no political subdivision shall impose any ban upon the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags for packaging of any item or good purchased from a merchant, itinerant vendor, or peddler.