It may be the final 'straw' for California

By Shelly Insheiwat, FOX 11

Published August 23, 2018 5:36pm PDT

FOX 11 Los Angeles

(FOX 11) - In a party line vote the state Senate approved a bill Thursday that would ban full-service restaurants from providing plastic straws unless a customer requests one.

Originally, The bill would have applied to all restaurants.

But it was amended to exclude fast-food restaurants. Where the bulk of plastic straws are handed out.

Environmentalists hope the bill will lead to an outright ban.

The bill now goes to Governor Jerry Brown.

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