IA HF679

Authorizes counties and cities to adopt and enforce ordinances setting fees for providing single-use plastic bags with consumer merchandise sales or leases

Excludes single-use plastic bags from the definition of "container" under Iowa Code, removing them from state preemption provisions that restrict local regulation of consumer merchandise

Defines "single-use plastic bag" as a plastic bag provided by a retailer at point of sale that is not a reusable grocery bag

Exempts from the single-use plastic bag definition: bags provided by pharmacies for prescription medications, handleless bags used to protect items from damage or contamination, and bags containing unwrapped food items