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- AB 1141 (Calderon – 2009) — This bill would extend the preemption provisions of AB 2449 from 2013 to 2017; prohibit local governments from imposing a fee on paper bags and from banning or restricting plastic and paper bags; redefine reusable bags to include lighter weight plastic bags; establish a 50% recycling benchmark by 2014; increase the recycled content of plastic bags, provided market conditions allow sufficient supply/quality of materials; require manufacturers to directly pay into a $25 million fund for litter abatement. Funds remaining after State administrative costs would be allocated to local governments (on a per capita basis) and state agencies, based on guidance from a special advisory panel.
Status: Held in Assembly Natural Resources Committee
- SB 228 (DeSaulnier – 2009) — This bill would require manufacturers of a marine degradable or compostable plastic bags meet specific standards to ensure the bag is readily and easily identifiable from other plastic bags. “Readily and easily identifiable” would be defined as being a uniform color of green, labeled “compostable,” and marked with the certification label of the Biodegradable Plastics Institute.
Status: In Senate
- SB 531 (DeSaulnier – 2009) — This bill would require the development of educational materials by manufacturers, for reducing, reusing, and the recycling of plastic bags on and after July 1, 2011. The bill would authorize the Waste Board to modify and approve those educational materials by January 1, 2012. The bill would also set minimum requirements for information to be included in the educational materials.
Status: In Senate
- AB 68 (Brownley – 2008) — This bill would, on and after July 1, 2010, prohibit a large supermarket, pharmacy, or convenience food store with over 10,000 sq. ft., from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer unless the store charges a fee of not less than $0.25 per bag at the point of sale. The bill would provide certain exemptions, and allow the retail establishment to retain a portion of the fee. Eighty percent of funds collected by the State would be available for grants to local government on a per capita basis for litter prevention activities.
Status: In Assembly
- AB 87 (Davis – 2009) — This bill would, on and after July 1, 2010, prohibit a large supermarket, pharmacy, or convenience food store with over 10,000 sq. ft., from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer unless the store charges a fee of not less than $0.25 per bag at the point of sale. The bill would provide certain exemptions, and allow the retail establishment to retain a portion of the fee. Three percent of funds collected by the State would be utilized for costs of administration, collection, enforcement, and auditing. Five percent of the funds will be utilized by the Board for implementation and promotion of the programs related to single use carryout bags. Remaining moneys shall be expended to local government on a per capita basis for litter prevention activities. This bill is sponsored by Los Angeles County.
Status: In Assembly
- AB 2769 (Brownley, Davis, Levine – 2008) — This bill would have prohibited a large supermarket or pharmacy from providing a single use carryout bag (including plastic, paper, and compostable/biodegradable bags) to a customer unless the store charged a $0.25 per bag fee, beginning January 1, 2010. Portions of the generated funds would have been retained by affected stores, with the remaining funds provided to jurisdictions to implement specified recycling and public education programs mitigating the impacts of single use carryout bags, including (1) projects that encourage recycling of single-use carryout bags, (2) cleanup and restoration activities, and (3) public education programs.
Status: Died in Committee
- AB 2829 (Davis, Price, Swanson – 2008) — This bill would have required each plastic carryout bag provided by the store to have printed or displayed on the bag an environmental awareness statement describing the negative environmental and wildlife impacts caused by littered plastic carryout bags and would have encouraged the use of reusable bags. It would have required, on and after July 1, 2009, a person to pay specified stores a plastic carryout bag impact fee of $0.25 per bag. Fees collected would have been deposited in the California Plastic Carryout Bag Impact Fund, to be available to local governments on a per-capita basis for various plastic bag cleanup and reduction activities.
Status: Died in Committee
- AB 2058 (Brownley, Davis, Levine – 2008) — This bill would have required supermarkets and retail stores over 10,000 ft to demonstrate 70% diversion of plastic bags by December 31, 2010. Should the goal not have been met, retailers would then charge a $0.25 fee for each plastic bag distributed. Funds collected would be used for plastic bag litter reduction and recycling activities, with 3% of the fees collected paid to the Waste Board.
Status: Died in Committee
- AB 1023 (DeSaulnier – 2007) — Exempts manufacturers of compostable and biodegradable trash bags from California’s recycled-content requirements for plastic trash bags.
Status: Chaptered 07-27-07
- AB 2449 (Levine – 2006) — Mandates at-store recycling of plastic carryout bags by all large supermarkets and retail businesses beginning July 1, 2007.
Status: Chaptered 09-30-06
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