A bill for an act relating to county and city authorization to impose fees for the provision of single-use plastic bags.

This bill allows Iowa counties and cities to impose fees on single-use plastic bags provided by retailers at checkout. It redefines "single-use plastic bag" to exclude pharmacy bags for prescriptions, protective bags for items, and food bags, while clarifying these bags are no longer considered "containers" under state law. By removing this exemption, the bill explicitly permits local governments to adopt fees for these bags without conflicting with existing state regulations. Retailers would be required to charge the fee when providing qualifying plastic bags to customers.