California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 1699 — Waste management: synthetic plastic microbeads.

Last action — Died on inactive file.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from discharging or releasing such a chemical into any source of drinking water, except as specified. Existing law prohibits the sale of expanded polystyrene packaging material by a wholesaler or manufacturer. Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic product in this state that is labeled with the term "compostable," "home compostable," or "marine degradable" unless, at the time of sale, the plastic product meets the applicable American Society for Testing and Materials standard specification. This bill would prohibit, after January 1, 2019, a person, as defined, from selling or offering for promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing synthetic plastic microbeads, as specified, unless the personal care product is an over-the-counter drug, and would prohibit a person, after January 1, 2020, from selling or offering a personal care product containing synthetic plastic microbeads, including a personal care product that is an over-the-counter drug. The bill would exempt from those prohibitions the sale or promotional offer of a product containing less than 1 part per million (ppm) by weight of synthetic plastic microbeads, as provided. The bill would make a violator liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day for each violation. The bill would authorize the penalty to be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General or local officials, as provided. The bill would require the civil penalties collected in an action brought pursuant to the act to be retained by the office of the Attorney General or local official who brought the action. The bill would declare that its provisions occupy the whole field of regulation of the sale or offering for promotional purposes of personal care products containing synthetic plastic microbeads. The bill would prohibit a city, county, or other local public agency, on or after January 1, 2019, from adopting, enforcing, or otherwise implementing, an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule, or any amendment thereto, relating to the sale or offering for promotional purposes of personal care products that are not over-the-counter drugs and that contain synthetic plastic microbeads, and would prohibit a city, county, or other local public agency from taking similar actions, on or after January 1, 2020, relating to the sale or offering for promotional purposes of personal care products, including, but not limited to, over-the-counter drugs, that contain synthetic plastic microbeads, except as expressly authorized.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died on inactive file.

  2. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Jackson.

  3. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4733.)

  4. Motion to reconsider made by Senator Jackson.

  5. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 20. Noes 14. Page 4733.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  13. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 18).

  14. Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD.

  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 13. Page 5103.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 14).

  20. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

  22. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.

  25. Read second time and amended.

  26. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 7).

  27. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  28. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

  29. Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.S. & T.M.

  30. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  31. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Bloom

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB1699 Bloom By Jackson Reconsider

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34003
Democratic 2001
Total 36004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Evans — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Correa — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading AB1699 Bloom By Jackson

Failed 20 Yea · 14 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 181405
Democratic 2001
Total 201406
% of votes cast 50%35%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Correa — Nay
Evans — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Wright — Not Voting
Wyland — Nay
Huff — Nay
Roth — Not Voting
Walters — Not Voting
Galgiani — Nay
Hueso — Yea
Knight — Nay
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Leno — Yea
Beall — Yea
Corbett — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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AB 1699 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading

Passed 47 Yea · 13 Nay · 19 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4411017
Democratic 3001
Republican 0201
Total 4713019
% of votes cast 59%16%0%24%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Waldron — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Daly — Not Voting
Dickinson — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Harkey — Not Voting
Allen — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Bonilla — Not Voting
Salas — Not Voting
Chávez — Nay
Logue — Nay
Medina — Not Voting
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Conway — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Olsen — Not Voting
Perea — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fox — Not Voting
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
V. Manuel Pérez — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11400
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Campos — Yea
Linder — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Pan — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Gomez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials.

Passed 6 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 1000
Unaffiliated 5200
Republican 0100
Total 6300
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Chesbro — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Williams — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1699 do?
The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from discharging or releasing such a chemical into any source of drinking water, except as specified. Existing law prohibits the sale of expanded polystyrene packaging material by a wholesaler or manufacturer. Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic product in this state that is labeled with the term "compostable," "home compostable," or "marine degradable" unless, at the time of sale, the plastic product meets the applicable American Society for Testing and Materials standard specification. This bill would prohibit, after January 1, 2019, a person, as defined, from selling or offering for promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing synthetic plastic microbeads, as specified, unless the personal care product is an over-the-counter drug, and would prohibit a person, after January 1, 2020, from selling or offering a personal care product containing synthetic plastic microbeads, including a personal care product that is an over-the-counter drug. The bill would exempt from those prohibitions the sale or promotional offer of a product containing less than 1 part per million (ppm) by weight of synthetic plastic microbeads, as provided. The bill would make a violator liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day for each violation. The bill would authorize the penalty to be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General or local officials, as provided. The bill would require the civil penalties collected in an action brought pursuant to the act to be retained by the office of the Attorney General or local official who brought the action. The bill would declare that its provisions occupy the whole field of regulation of the sale or offering for promotional purposes of personal care products containing synthetic plastic microbeads. The bill would prohibit a city, county, or other local public agency, on or after January 1, 2019, from adopting, enforcing, or otherwise implementing, an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule, or any amendment thereto, relating to the sale or offering for promotional purposes of personal care products that are not over-the-counter drugs and that contain synthetic plastic microbeads, and would prohibit a city, county, or other local public agency from taking similar actions, on or after January 1, 2020, relating to the sale or offering for promotional purposes of personal care products, including, but not limited to, over-the-counter drugs, that contain synthetic plastic microbeads, except as expressly authorized.
Who sponsors AB 1699?
AB 1699 is sponsored by Bloom and Mark Stone.
What is the current status of AB 1699?
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 1699?
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