SB 134 DE

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Senate Bill No. 134 prohibits a food establishment from providing consumers with a single-service plastic coffee stirrer, cocktail pick, or sandwich pick or with ready-to-eat food or a beverage in polystyrene containers. SB 134 also prohibits food establishments from providing single-service plastic straws, unless requested by a consumer. Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 134 creates the same restrictions as SB 134, but updates and corrects terms and definitions, and includes additional exceptions for both polystyrene foam food service packaging and plastic straws. Section 1 of SS 1 for SB 134 also makes technical corrections to § 122(3)u. of Title 16, the authority under which the Department of Health and Social Services regulates food establishments. Substantively, SS 1 for SB 134 differs from SB 134 as follows: 1. Defines the term "compostable" using the standards under the Federal Trade Commission's guides for the use of environmental marketing claims and as established by the American Society for Testing and Materials. 2. Revises the term "polystyrene", and how it is defined, to clearly include only polystyrene foam, and also include both processes by which polystyrene foam can be made. 3. Revises the definition of "polystyrene foam food service packaging" to exclude coolers or ice chests used for the processing or shipping of seafood and containers used to contain, transport, or package raw, uncooked, or butchered meat, poultry, fish, seafood, or eggs. 4. Adds the term "food" to the list of terms that have the meaning defined in the Delaware Food Code because the Delaware Food Code definition of "food" includes beverages. 5. Revises the restrictions on providing plastic straws by creating exemptions for plastic straws provided to patients or residents of hospitals or long-term care facilities and for plastic straws that are attached to pre-packaged goods, such as juice boxes. 6. Revised the penalty section to align with the current penalties under the Delaware Food Code. 7. Delays the effective date of Section 2 this Act until July 1, 2023.

• Trey Paradee Democratic · primary
• Paul S. Baumbach · primary
• Stephanie T. Bolden · primary
• Krista Griffith Democratic · primary

1. May 17, 2022 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 134, and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate · upper
2. May 18, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits · upper
3. Jun 9, 2022 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill · upper
4. Jun 9, 2022 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT · upper
5. Jun 9, 2022 Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT · upper
6. Jun 10, 2022 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House · lower
7. Jun 29, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits · lower