HB1518 – Allows state agencies to purchase paper made with lower CO2 emissions as well as 100% recycled paper.
Prime Sponsor – Representative Stonier (D; 49th District; Clark County)
Current status – Had a hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government and Elections February 9th.
Next step would be – Action by the committee.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

In the House – Passed
Referred to the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations. Had a hearing March 10th, 2021. Did not advance further that session. Reintroduced and had a new hearing in the committee the first day of the 2022 session; amended to take effect immediately and passed out of committee January 13th. Referred to Rules. Passed by the House unanimously January 28th.

In the Senate –

Summary –
State law currently requires purchasing 100% recycled paper for use in copiers and printers, or paper at the highest recycled content that can be used effectively by existing machines. The bill would also allow the purchase of paper that emitted at least 40% less than “standard copy paper”, which is defined as emitting 1,186 kilograms of CO2 per metric ton of paper produced, instead of 100% recycled paper. It would allow the purchase of paper “produced in a process that yields a high reduction in carbon dioxide” in situations where the current law requires the purchase of paper with the highest usable recycled content for machines that can’t use 100% recycled paper effectively.