Plastic Bag Bans by State
= Plastic bags banned | 
= A charge on some plastic bags | 
= Partial charge or ban (county or municipality level) | 
= Bans preempted by state law or court order.
No national plastic bag fee or ban is currently in effect in the United States. However, the states of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii (de facto), Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have banned disposable bags. Additionally, the Colorado General Assembly passed a law banning disposable bags in Colorado, which will take effect in 2024. Over 200 counties and municipalities have enacted ordinances either imposing a fee on plastic bags or banning them outright, including all counties in Hawaii.
Some attempts at banning plastic shopping bags statewide (for example, in Massachusetts, though as of May 2022, 152 cities and towns in the state have done so) have not succeeded, mainly due to plastic industry lobbying. A few jurisdictions have implemented a fee-only approach to bag reduction, such as Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Maryland, and certain counties in Virginia. Some state legislatures, such as the Florida Legislature and the Arizona State Legislature, have passed laws preventing local municipalities from passing their bans. Some retailers have stopped using plastic bags ahead of government mandates.
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Current States/Territories with a full ban on plastic bags.
- Washington State
- Oregon
- California
- Maine
- Vermont
- Connecticut
- New Jersey
- New York
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- American Samoa
- Colorado (2024)
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- United States Virgin Islands