‘Bag tax’ measure faces key Senate test

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The state Senate Appropriations Committee will hear a bill Monday morning that would ban free plastic or paper bags in grocery and liquor stores.

The bill, AB 1998 by Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica), is scheduled for a vote later in the day.

If the bill becomes law, stores would only be able to offer reusable bags to their customers, beginning in July 2013.

You can watch the committee in action via the California Channel’s website.

-- Anthony York in Sacramento