TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A state House bill that would prohibit local governments from banning plastic and foam containers cleared its first step toward passage Tuesday. But state Rep. Omar Blanco says he doesn’t know whether his legislation has a better chance of passing this year than it did before — or whether it will pass at all.
Details: The House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee voted along party lines to pass the bill, FL HB565 (25R), after an identical measure last year failed to make it to the House floor.
Blanco (R-Miami) told POLITICO he doesn’t like to use disposable plastic items but added alternative products can sometimes cost too much or lack availability.
“I don’t know that it has a better chance [to pass this year], if we’re being honest,” Blanco said in an interview after the vote. “I’m a common sense guy. And I’m trying to speak for the people that feel sometimes we’re not representing everybody.”
