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Anti-Home Rule

Bill #: H.3529

Session: 2017-2018

Topics:

Regulatory Regulatory

Outcome

CVSC opposed this bill and it did not pass.

House 73-41

H.3529 sought to prohibit communities from adopting local ordinances affecting disposable containers, specifically plastic bags and Styrofoam.

How Legislators Voted on H.3529

  • + Pro Conservation Vote
  • - Anti Conservation Vote
  • EA Excused Absence
  • NV Not Voting
  • NA Not in Office
  • A Abstained (Conflict of Interest)

H.3529 Anti-Home Rule (Second)

With several intense debates on the roles of local and state government and the detrimental effects of plastics on our coastal economies, House champions won a very close vote on March 7, 2017, to delay consideration of the bill it for a Year by “continuing the bill”.

The bill was again eligible for consideration in the House in 2018. Despite valiant attempts by House champions, special interests succeeded in flipping a number of votes to allow the bill’s passage in the House on February 7, 2018, by a vote of 73-41. This second reading vote is the focus of this scored vote.

House champions who spoke against the bill on second reading and worked to slow, amend, or kill the bill include McKnight, Pitts, McEachern, Cogswell, J.E. Smith, Clary, Crosby, and Pendarvis.

The bill then moved to the Senate. The one Year delay achieved by the 2017 continuance vote allowed the conservation community to build intense grassroots and legislative opposition to the bill. Ultimately, the bill died in the Senate in 2018.

  • This is an Anti-Conservation Bill.
  • The Pro-Conservation Vote was NO for second reading on February 2, 2018.
  • Because of this vote the bill passed the House in 2018, but was then stalled and died in the Senate.
Legislator
Party
District
Office
Sponsor
Vote
CVSC Vote
D
59
House
No
Yea
-
R
36
House
No
Yea
-
D
103
House
Yes
EA
EA
D
42
House
No
Yea
-
R
94
House
No
Yea
-
D
57
House
No
Yea
-
R
87
House
Yes
Yea
-
D
80
House
No
Yea
-
R
71
House
No
Yea
-
D
90
House
No
Nay
+
R
24
House
No
Yea
-
R
28
House
Yes
NA
NA
R
114
House
No
Yea
-
D
78
House
No
Nay
+
R
81
House
No
Yea
-
D
122
House
No
NV
NV
R
123
House
No
Nay
+
D
70
House
No
Nay
+
D
116
House
No
Nay
+
R
48
House
No
Yea
-
R
17
House
No
Yea
-
R
89
House
No
Nay
+
R
35
House
No
Yea
-
R
3
House
No
Nay
+
R
107
House
Yes
Yea
-
D
82
House
No
Nay
+
D
66
House
No
Nay
+
R
110
House
No
Nay
+
R
32
House
No
Yea
-
R
5
House
No
Yea
-
R
68
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
117
House
No
Nay
+
R
92
House
No
Nay
+
R
100
House
No
Nay
+
R
43
House
No
Yea
-
D
23
House
No
Nay
+
D
41
House
No
Nay
+
R
104
House
No
Yea
-
R
22
House
No
Yea
-
R
124
House
No
Nay
+
R
26
House
No
Yea
-
R
75
House
No
NV
NV
R
39
House
No
Nay
+
R
34
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
106
House
Yes
Yea
-
D
52
House
No
Nay
+
R
11
House
No
NV
NV
D
111
House
No
Nay
+
D
95
House
No
Yea
-
R
20
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
105
House
No
NV
NV
D
73
House
No
NV
NV
D
55
House
No
Yea
-
R
21
House
Yes
Yea
-
D
31
House
No
Nay
+
D
54
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
118
House
No
Nay
+
R
108
House
No
Nay
+
R
8
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
4
House
No
Yea
-
R
83
House
Yes
Yea
-
D
91
House
No
Yea
-
D
76
House
No
Nay
+
R
85
House
No
Yea
-
D
102
House
No
Yea
-
R
58
House
No
Yea
-
R
63
House
No
Yea
-
D
49
House
No
Nay
+
D
61
House
No
Yea
-
D
97
House
No
Yea
-
R
19
House
No
Yea
-
R
37
House
No
Yea
-
R
60
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
65
House
No
Yea
-
R
99
House
No
Nay
+
D
109
House
No
Nay
+
R
38
House
No
Nay
+
R
40
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
115
House
No
Nay
+
R
13
House
No
Yea
-
D
77
House
No
Yea
-
R
56
House
No
Yea
-
D
101
House
No
Nay
+
D
31
House
No
NA
NA
R
29
House
No
Yea
-
R
30
House
No
Yea
-
R
98
House
No
Yea
-
D
70
House
No
NA
NA
R
45
House
No
Yea
-
R
120
House
No
Nay
+
R
48
House
No
NA
NA
D
44
House
No
Nay
+
D
93
House
No
Nay
+
D
12
House
No
Nay
+
D
113
House
No
Nay
+
R
14
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
47
House
No
Yea
-
R
10
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
69
House
No
NA
NA
D
64
House
No
Nay
+
D
121
House
No
Yea
-
R
15
House
No
Yea
-
D
25
House
No
Yea
-
D
74
House
No
Yea
-
R
56
House
No
NA
NA
R
2
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
46
House
No
Yea
-
R
67
House
No
Yea
-
R
27
House
Yes
Yea
-
D
72
House
No
Nay
+
R
112
House
No
Nay
+
R
96
House
No
Yea
-
D
119
House
No
Nay
+
R
18
House
No
EA
EA
R
33
House
No
Yea
-
R
86
House
No
Yea
-
R
9
House
No
NV
NV
D
79
House
No
Nay
+
R
88
House
No
Nay
+
R
28
House
No
Nay
+
D
51
House
No
Yea
-
R
7
House
No
NV
NV
D
50
House
No
Yea
-
D
113
House
No
NA
NA
R
6
House
No
Yea
-
R
1
House
No
Yea
-
D
62
House
Yes
Yea
-
R
16
House
No
Yea
-
R
84
House
No
Yea
-
R
53
House
Yes
Yea
-
  • + Pro Conservation Vote
  • - Anti Conservation Vote
  • EA Excused Absence
  • NV Not Voting
  • NA Not in Office
  • A Abstained (Conflict of Interest)

H.3529 Anti-Home Rule (Continuing Bill)

With several intense debates on the roles of local and state government and the detrimental effects of plastics on our coastal economies, House champions won a very close vote on March 7, 2017, to delay consideration of the bill it for a Year by “continuing the bill”. This continuance vote is the focus of this scored vote.

House champions that assisted with the continuance vote in 2017 include Representatives Brown, Clary, Cobb-Hunter, Cogswell, Erickson, Herbkersman, McCoy, McKnight, Newton, Ott, J. Smith, Stavrinakis, Sottile, and Williams.

The bill was again eligible for consideration in the House in 2018. Despite valiant attempts by House champions, special interests succeeded in flipping a number of votes to allow the bill’s passage in the House on February 7, 2018, by a vote of 73-41.

The bill then moved to the Senate. The one Year delay achieved by the 2017 continuance vote allowed the conservation community to build intense grassroots and legislative opposition to the bill. Ultimately, the bill died in the Senate in 2018.

  • This is a procedural vote on an Anti-Conservation Bill.
  • The Pro-Conservation Vote was YEA for continuing the bill on March 7, 2017.
  • The Continuing vote was successful in 2017. However, the bill passed the House in 2018 and then stalled and died in the Senate.
Legislator
Party
District
Office
Sponsor
Vote
CVSC Vote
D
59
House
No
Yea
+
R
36
House
No
Nay
-
D
103
House
Yes
Nay
-
D
42
House
No
Yea
+
R
94
House
No
Yea
+
D
57
House
No
Nay
-
R
87
House
Yes
Nay
-
D
80
House
No
Nay
-
R
71
House
No
EA
EA
D
90
House
No
NV
NV
R
24
House
No
EA
EA
R
28
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
114
House
No
Yea
+
D
78
House
No
Yea
+
R
81
House
No
Nay
-
D
122
House
No
EA
EA
R
123
House
No
Yea
+
D
70
House
No
NA
NA
D
116
House
No
Yea
+
R
48
House
No
NA
NA
R
17
House
No
Nay
-
R
89
House
No
Yea
+
R
35
House
No
Nay
-
R
3
House
No
Yea
+
R
107
House
Yes
Nay
-
D
82
House
No
Yea
+
D
66
House
No
Yea
+
R
110
House
No
Yea
+
R
32
House
No
Nay
-
R
5
House
No
Yea
+
R
68
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
117
House
No
Yea
+
R
92
House
No
Yea
+
R
100
House
No
Yea
+
R
43
House
No
Nay
-
D
23
House
No
Yea
+
D
41
House
No
Yea
+
R
104
House
No
Nay
-
R
22
House
No
Nay
-
R
124
House
No
Yea
+
R
26
House
No
Nay
-
R
75
House
No
EA
EA
R
39
House
No
NV
NV
R
34
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
106
House
Yes
Nay
-
D
52
House
No
Yea
+
R
11
House
No
NV
NV
D
111
House
No
Yea
+
D
95
House
No
Yea
+
R
20
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
105
House
No
Nay
-
D
73
House
No
NV
NV
D
55
House
No
Nay
-
R
21
House
Yes
Nay
-
D
31
House
No
NA
NA
D
54
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
118
House
No
Yea
+
R
108
House
No
Yea
+
R
8
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
4
House
No
EA
EA
R
83
House
Yes
Nay
-
D
91
House
No
Yea
+
D
76
House
No
Yea
+
R
85
House
No
NV
NV
D
102
House
No
Nay
-
R
58
House
No
Nay
-
R
63
House
No
Nay
-
D
49
House
No
Yea
+
D
61
House
No
Yea
+
D
97
House
No
Yea
+
R
19
House
No
Nay
-
R
37
House
No
Nay
-
R
60
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
65
House
No
Nay
-
R
99
House
No
NA
NA
D
109
House
No
Yea
+
R
38
House
No
Yea
+
R
40
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
115
House
No
Yea
+
R
13
House
No
Nay
-
D
77
House
No
Yea
+
R
56
House
No
NA
NA
D
101
House
No
Yea
+
D
31
House
No
NV
NV
R
29
House
No
Nay
-
R
30
House
No
Nay
-
R
98
House
No
EA
EA
D
70
House
No
NA
NA
R
45
House
No
Nay
-
R
120
House
No
Yea
+
R
48
House
No
NA
NA
D
44
House
No
EA
EA
D
93
House
No
Yea
+
D
12
House
No
Yea
+
D
113
House
No
NA
NA
R
14
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
47
House
No
EA
EA
R
10
House
Yes
EA
EA
R
69
House
No
EA
EA
D
64
House
No
Yea
+
D
121
House
No
EA
EA
R
15
House
No
Yea
+
D
25
House
No
Yea
+
D
74
House
No
Yea
+
R
56
House
No
Nay
-
R
2
House
Yes
Nay
-
R
46
House
No
NV
NV
R
67
House
No
EA
EA
R
27
House
Yes
Nay
-
D
72
House
No
Yea
+
R
112
House
No
Yea
+
R
96
House
No
Nay
-
D
119
House
No
Yea
+
R
18
House
No
NV
NV
R
33
House
No
Nay
-
R
86
House
No
Nay
-
R
9
House
No
Nay
-
D
79
House
No
Yea
+
R
88
House
No
Yea
+
R
28
House
No
NA
NA
D
51
House
No
Yea
+
R
7
House
No
Nay
-
D
50
House
No
Yea
+
D
113
House
No
Yea
+
R
6
House
No
Nay
-
R
1
House
No
Nay
-
D
62
House
Yes
Yea
+
R
16
House
No
Nay
-
R
84
House
No
NA
NA
R
53
House
Yes
EA
EA