An attempt to give Prince George’s County lawmakers the authority to impose a 5-cent fee on disposable shopping bags has died in Annapolis.
The bill, backed by County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D), the Prince George’s County Council and a majority of the county’s delegates and senators, fell one vote short of a majority Saturday in the House Environmental Matters Committee.
“It is dead,” said committee member Doyle L. Niemann (D-Prince George’s), who had backed the measure.
The measure would have given the county the authority to impose the fee, with the approval of the council and the executive.
