Los Angeles , California ( CNN ) -- California 's Senate has voted down a measure that would have banned plastic bags at grocery stores . The new ban was rejected by a 21 to 14 vote late Tuesday . The ban would have included grocery stores , convenience stores and drugstores . The California Assembly passed the legislation in June . Gov . Arnold Schwarzenegger had said he would have signed the measure into law , the Los Angeles Times reported . Environmental groups such as the Sierra Club encouraged Californians to contact their state senators to push for the measure . The group Heal the Bay produced what it calls a `` mockumentary , '' narrated by actor Jeremy Irons , called `` The Majestic Plastic Bag '' that charts the life of a plastic bag . The video is on YouTube . The measure had its opponents , too . The American Chemistry Council criticized California Assemblywoman Julia Brownley , D-Santa Monica , who proposed the bill . `` Assemblywoman Brownley 's inflammatory comments are obviously intended to distract public attention from the substance and dire consequences of Assembly Bill 1998 , '' the group said . `` Her proposed legislation to ban plastic grocery bags in California ... is bad for the economy and bad for the environment : It will eliminate several hundred California manufacturing jobs and dismantle existing plastic bag recycling programs . '' According to its website , the chemistry council represents companies that `` make the products that make modern life possible , while working to protect the environment , public health , and the security of our nation . '' In this case , that includes plastic bags . Brownley said she was disappointed with the vote . `` This is a sad day for California , '' Brownley said . `` Communities across the state were waiting for the state to adopt a uniform , statewide ban on single-use bags before they adopt their own ordinances . The state failed them . '' Brownley has been fighting to reduce plastic bag waste for three years , calling single-use bags `` an unnecessary scourge that blows like urban tumbleweeds into every corner of the earth . '' Her bill gained support from the California Grocers Association , which decided to back the bill after Brownley agreed to subject all stores that sell groceries to the ban . CNN 's Adam Blank contributed to this report .
NEW : Bill who proposed bill is disappointed . Lawmaker passed state Assembly in 1998 . LA Times supporting and opposing the measure are speaking out . Governor says he would have signed it into law , Groups reported .