STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 864

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator B. SMITH)

ADOPTED: FEBRUARY 10, 2020

      This floor amendment makes certain changes to the definition of the term “grocery store.”  Specifically, the floor amendment reduces the square footage requirement for a grocery store from 4,500 square feet to 2,500 square feet, and removes the requirement that the store primarily sell a full-line of household foodstuffs for offsite consumption.  Under the bill, as amended, the term “grocery store” is defined as “a self-service retail establishment that sells household foodstuffs for off-site consumption…”  The effect of this amendment is to expand the scope of stores that would be prohibited from providing single-use paper carryout bags under the bill.