1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to solid waste; prohibiting the provision of certain plastic containers holding 
1.3 	personal care products by hotels and health clubs; imposing penalties;proposing 
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [325E.382] PLASTIC PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT CONTAINERS; 
1.7 	BAN AT HOTELS AND HEALTH CLUBS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.9 	the meanings given.
1.10 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
1.11 	(c) "Guest":
1.12 	(1) means a person using the facilities of a health club; or
1.13 	(2) has the meaning given in section 327.70.
1.14 	(d) "Health club" has the meaning given in section 325G.23.
1.15 	(e) "Hotel" has the meaning given in section 327.70.
1.16 	(f) "Lotion" means a thick, smooth liquid or cream preparation designed to be applied 
1.17 	to the human body for medicinal or cosmetic purposes.
1.18 	(g) "Personal care product" means:
1.19 	(1) shampoo, hair conditioner, bath soap, body wash, or shower gel that is intended to 
1.20 	be applied to or used on the human body in the shower or bath;
2.1 	(2) a disposable razor;
2.2 	(3) lotion;
2.3 	(4) hand soap; or
2.4 	(5) hand sanitizer.
2.5 		Subd. 2.Prohibition. (a) A hotel or health club may not provide a personal care product 
2.6 	in a plastic container, plastic wrapper, or other plastic packaging that a guest may remove 
2.7 	from the premises.
2.8 	(b) Nothing in this section:
2.9 	(1) restricts the use of plastic refillable bulk personal care product dispensers;
2.10 	(2) restricts the use of personal product containers, wrappers, or packaging that is not 
2.11 	composed of plastic; or
2.12 	(3) requires the use of refillable bulk personal care product dispensers.
2.13 		Subd. 3.Exception. A hotel may make products restricted under subdivision 2 available 
2.14 	to a guest upon request.
2.15 		Subd. 4.Violations; penalties. (a) The commissioner may enforce this section under 
2.16 	section 116.072. A county board may enforce this section after complying with the 
2.17 	requirements of section 116.072, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (c).
2.18 	(b) Notwithstanding section 116.072, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), the commissioner or 
2.19 	county board must, upon a first violation of this section, issue a notice of violation by 
2.20 	certified mail to the violator, but may not assess a monetary penalty. For subsequent 
2.21 	violations, the commissioner or county board may assess a civil penalty of up to $500 for 
2.22 	each day of violation. No more than $10,000 in civil penalties may be assessed to a single 
2.23 	establishment annually under this subdivision.

2.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2027, for a health club and 
2.25 	for a hotel with 50 or more lodging units and is effective January 1, 2028, for a hotel with 
2.26 	fewer than 50 lodging units.