California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 888 — Waste management: plastic microbeads.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 594, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    9 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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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 ASTM International standard specification. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2020, a person, as defined, from selling or offering for promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing plastic microbeads that are used to exfoliate or cleanse in a rinse-off product, as specified. 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 plastic microbeads. 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. The bill would require the civil penalties collected in an action brought pursuant to the act to be retained by the office that brought the action.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 594, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 2958.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2507.).

  7. Senate Rule 29.3 (a) suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2506.)

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  10. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2483.)

  11. Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hueso.

  12. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 19. Noes 16. Page 2483.).

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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

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

  21. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 1546.)

  22. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  23. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 13).

  24. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  26. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended.

  27. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.

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

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

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

  31. From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.

  32. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Bloom · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 10 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Bloom

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 888 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 64 Yea · 12 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58904
Democratic 4000
Republican 2300
Total 641204
% of votes cast 80%15%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wilk — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Nay
Gatto — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Salas — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Medina — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Harper — Nay
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Not Voting
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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2nd Reading AB888 Bloom By Hueso

Passed 24 Yea · 14 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221302
Democratic 2100
Total 241402
% of votes cast 60%35%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Not Voting
Block — Yea
Huff — Nay
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Runner — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Hueso — Yea
Bates — Nay
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Not Voting
Vidak — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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3rd Reading AB888 Bloom By Hueso Reconsider

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Democratic 3000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading AB888 Bloom By Hueso

Failed 19 Yea · 16 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 171505
Democratic 2100
Total 191605
% of votes cast 48%40%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Nay
Hill — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Galgiani — Not Voting
Cannella — Nay
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Glazer — Not Voting
Runner — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hertzberg — Not Voting
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Nay
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Nay
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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AB 888 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading

Passed 59 Yea · 12 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 53809
Democratic 4000
Republican 2400
Total 591209
% of votes cast 74%15%0%11%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Waldron — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Gatto — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kim — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Chu — Yea
Salas — Not Voting
Chávez — Nay
Harper — Nay
Melendez — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Olsen — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10201
Democratic 2000
Republican 0200
Total 12401
% of votes cast 71%24%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 888 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 ASTM International standard specification. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2020, a person, as defined, from selling or offering for promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing plastic microbeads that are used to exfoliate or cleanse in a rinse-off product, as specified. 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 plastic microbeads. 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. The bill would require the civil penalties collected in an action brought pursuant to the act to be retained by the office that brought the action.
Who sponsors AB 888?
AB 888 is sponsored by Bloom.
What is the current status of AB 888?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 888?
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