2009 State Legislation

	Tune in to free live webcasts of CA legislative hearings		Assemblyman  Wesley Chesbro, AB283 author

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2-Year Bills: SUPPORT

• AB 283, Chesbro – California Product Stewardship Act: SUPPORT

  This bill would create the California Product Stewardship Act and require the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) to administer the program. The bill puts into law the EPR Framework adopted by the CIWMB in January 2008 which was strongly supported by CPSC.

  • AB 283 Model Letter of Support from Local Government to the Governor 9/18/09
  • CPSC Fact Sheet on AB 283 6/8/09
  • CPSC Letter of Support for AB 283 3/12/09
  • AB 283 Model Letter of Support from Business 5/11/09
  • AB 283 Model Letter of Support from Haulers 5/11/09
  • AB 283 Model Letter of Support from Consumers 5/11/09

• AB 1343, Huffman – Architectural Paint Recycling: SUPPORT

  CPSC worked closely with the authors office, the National Paint and Coatings Association, the California Retailers Association, and Californian’s Against Waste to incorporate amendments submitted in January by CPSC to ensure this is a strong EPR bill that will provide a paint stewardship program that aligns closely with the EPR policy framework adopted by CIWMB.

• CPSC Letter of Support for AB 1343 7/21/09
• Model Letter of Support From Local Government 7/21/09
  

• SB 26, Simitian – Home-Generated Pharmaceutical and Sharps Waste: SUPPORT

  California's Senate Bill 26 was suspended in committee so that it may not be amended, passed, or killed this year. The earliest the Legislature may choose to act upon the bill is at the beginning of 2010. Meanwhile, the criteria and procedures the CIWMB developed with stakeholders input is the leading officially-sanctioned guidance forpharmaceutical collection in California.

  • CPSC Letter of Support for SB 26 4/14/09
  • CPSC Letter Attachment: British Columbia Product Stewardship Program for Pharmaceuticals
    
    
• SB 346, Kehoe – Brake Pad Partnership Legislation: SUPPORT

  This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to conducta baseline survey to determine the concentration levels of nickel, zinc, and antimony in motor vehicle brake friction materials, to monitor concentrationlevels, allows the Department to establish maximum concentration levels and phases out the sale of certain friction materials and restricts the use of copper. The bill would also creates a funding source for compliance through the administration of a fee on the sale of brake pads.

  • CPSC Letter of Support for SB 346 3/30/09

Approved

• SB 486, Simitian – Medical Waste: Sharps Waste: OPPOSE

  This bill will require, on or before July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, a pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes medication that is self-injected at home to submit to the CIWMB a plan for the safe collection and destruction of sharps waste. The plan will describe the actions, if any, taken by amanufacturer to provide for the safe collection and disposal of sharps. See Sharps.

  • Model Letter of Opposition from Local Government Partners 9/14/09
  • CPSC Letter of Opposition Faxed to the Governor 9/14/09
  • CPSC Letter of Support if Amended for AB 486 4/22/09

Vetoed

• AB 1173, Huffman – Compact Fluorescent Lamp Recycling: OPPOSE

  This bill has been vetoed by the Governor!

  • Governor's AB 1173 Veto Message 10/12/09