Correctional Facilities/Polystyrene Foam Packaging/Exempt

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act exempts food served in Level IV and Level V correctional facilities from restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging. Scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2025, § 3004Q of Title 16 prohibits food establishments from providing ready-to-eat food in polystyrene foam food service packaging. This prohibition would create significant hardships and increase costs for the Department of Correction (“Department”), which uses polystyrene foam food service packaging in the course of providing over 14,000 meals per day to Department inmates.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jun 5, 2025CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate · Senate Corrections & Public Safety
2. Jun 11, 2025CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits · Senate Corrections & Public Safety
3. Jun 12, 2025SenateAmendment SA 1 to SB 178 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT19–0 vote
4. Jun 12, 2025SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
5. Jun 12, 2025CommitteeAssigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House · House Public Safety & Homeland Security
6. Jun 17, 2025CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits · House Public Safety & Homeland Security
7. Jun 25, 2025HousePassed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT38–0 vote
8. Jul 1, 2025GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 3 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• MP Marie PinkneyD Primary sponsor · District 13
• FD Franklin D. CookeD Joint sponsor · District 16