Bills

HB 1636: COUNTIES; SHOPPING CARTS; LABELING; IMPOUNDMENT; DISPOSAL

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-02-03: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Kong, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda voting no (7) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Requires every business establishment that provides a shopping cart to mark each cart with identifying information.  Authorizes a county to impound and dispose of a shopping cart and assess impound fees, storage fees, and disposal fees under certain circumstances.  Authorizes the counties to return a shopping cart, in lieu of impoundment, to the business establishment, subject to certain fines.

Discussed in Hearing

House Standing Committee on Economic Development & Technology2MIN
Jan 30, 2026

House Standing Committee on Economic Development & Technology

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