Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, hotels with 50 rooms or more and, beginning January 1, 2026, hotels with less than 50 rooms may not provide small single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products to either (i) a customer of the establishment who is staying in a sleeping room accommodation or any space within the sleeping room accommodation or (ii) a customer of the establishment who is using a bathroom shared by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Defines terms.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides for enforcement by a State's Attorney or a municipal attorney (rather than by the Attorney General, a State's Attorney, or a municipal attorney). Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers (rather than denies and limits home rule powers and functions). Removes a provision granting the Attorney General rulemaking authority. Makes technical changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 1: Changes the penalty for a second or subsequent violation of the Act from a civil penalty of $500 to a business offense with a fine of not more than $1,500.