Current Priority Bills

Check this report regularly for information on current bills of interest to CalRecycle. Information on past bills of interest from prior legislative sessions is available from the archives.

Status of Priority Bills, 2011-2012 Session

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Measure	Topic-Status	Description
AB 34 Williams D) Amended: 5/10/2011 pdf html	Solid waste compost facilities: odor. 1/20/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(2). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/28/2011)	On or before July 1, 2012, this bill would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle or Department) to adopt regulations that local enforcement agencies (LEAs) would be mandated to comply with when approving “objective” odor standards requested by individual compost facilities. Further, AB 34 would limit the enforcement of odor complaints against compost facilities to odors that can be verified to exceed the odor standards adopted.
AB 298 Brownley D) Amended: 4/14/2011 pdf html	Recycling: reusable bags. 7/8/2011 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was E.Q. on 5/12/2011)	This bill would generate a new chapter in the Public Resources Code entitled Reusable Bags and define the terms used. It would also prohibit a manufacturer from selling or distributing a reusable bag intended to be sold or distributed to a store’s customers unless guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting the reusable bag are printed on the bag or on a tag attached to the bag.
AB 480 Solorio D) Amended: 4/30/2012 pdf html	Insurance: solid waste facilities. 5/14/2012 - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations	This bill would clarify that an insurance carrier established by a solid waste landfill operator in order to meet the operator’s financial assurance obligations, would be eligible to provide that insurance and would not be required to be a California admitted insurer nor be required to provide such insurance through a surplus line broker.
AB 549 Carter D) Amended: 5/2/2012 pdf html	Recycling: electronic waste. 5/14/2012 - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations	This bill: (1) allows the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle or Department) to verify documentation submitted by collectors and recyclers prior to making a payment on a claim; (2) specifies that CalRecycle shall only make a recycling or recovery payment on a claim if the covered electronic device (CED) was used in California; and (3) updates existing law by replacing the name of the former California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) with CalRecycle.
AB 583 Knight R) Introduced: 2/16/2011 pdf html	Electronic waste: administration. 1/13/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/10/2011)	Would transfer the duties, powers, and authority of the DTSC under the act to CalRecycle and would require the employees of the DTSC who are serving in the state civil service for purposes of carrying out the duties, powers, purposes, and responsibilities of the DTSC under the act to be transferred to CalRecycle, except with regard to the identification of those devices that are hazardous waste. The bill would delete the provision authorizing the enforcement of the act under the hazardous waste control laws and would make conforming changes with regard to the transfer of this authority. This bill contains other current laws.
AB 789 Chesbro D) Introduced: 2/17/2011 pdf html	Solid waste: tire recycling. 1/13/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/10/2011)	This bill would reinstitute exactly the same grant program for local governments that use rubberized asphalt concrete (RAC) for public works projects as was law prior to its January 1, 2011 repeal. It is similar to AB 525 but does not specify tire-derived aggregate for use under the grant program. It also contains very specific minimum use of RAC during the life of each individual project, a minimum use of crumb rubber per ton of RAC, as well as a maximum grant allowance.
AB 837 Nestande R) Amended: 6/20/2011 pdf html	Solid waste: plastic food containers. 5/15/2012 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. (Refers to 5/8/2012 hearing)	This bill would prohibit a manufacturer or supplier of a plastic food or beverage container from advertising a specific recycled content unless they are able to provide certification of that claim in a format that is easy to understand and scientifically accurate. June 20 amendments drop plastic beverage containers from the bill, delete local government’s ability to impose penalties for violations, define the term “advertise,” and allow certification compliance through a link to information on its website.
AB 921 Allen D) Amended: 4/25/2011 pdf html	Agriculture water use efficiency: compost applications. 1/20/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(2). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/28/2011)	Would enact the Agriculture Water Efficiency with Compost Use and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act of 2011, which would require the Department of Food and Agriculture , in conjunction with the Department of Water Resources, to, through their current programs, oversee a study or studies conducted by the University of California Extension Service, in partnership with local water districts, farmers, growers, and compost producers, to measure increases in water use efficiency through the use of compost in agricultural settings, and other potential benefits from the use of compost, with regard to climate change .
AB 960 Lowenthal, Bonnie D) Amended: 5/27/2011 pdf html	Recycling: electronic waste. 8/26/2011 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/11/2011)	This bill would revise the payment conditions under which recyclers that export covered and non-covered electronic waste (e-waste) must comply with in order to be eligible for payment from CalRecycle (Department). May 27 amendments require CalRecycle to determine that a recycler has demonstrated to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) that e-waste ultimately destined for other states or countries is not in violation of the laws or requirements of the receiving state or country.
AB 1019 John A. Pérez D) Amended: 9/2/2011 pdf html	Solid waste: carpet stewardship. 9/8/2011 - Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2407.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Simitian. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2407.)	This bill would require the Department of General Services, by January 1, 2014, to take steps to ensure that postconsumer carpet in state buidlings is being managed appropriately. It further defines state buildings to include buildings owned or leased by the state.
AB 1178 Ma D) Amended: 8/24/2011 pdf html	Solid waste: place of origin. 8/31/2011 - In committee: That the measure be held in committee pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.	This bill would prevent a local entity from restricting or placing limits on the importation of solid waste based on the material’s place of origin. In addition, this bill would add a local agency to the list of local entities that may assess a special fee on solid waste imported from outside the county. This bill stems from the recent enforcement of a local initiative passed in Solano County (Measure E; 1984) which restricts the amount of solid waste that may be imported into the county annually.
AB 1181 Butler D) Amended: 6/21/2011 pdf html	Weights and measures. 9/8/2011 - Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Correa.	When the sale of any commodity is based upon a quantity representation either furnished by the purchaser or obtained through the use of equipment supplied by the purchaser, the purchaser is prohibited from buying the commodity according to any quantity which is less than the true quantity. This bill would revise that provision by prohibiting the purchaser from buying the commodity according to any quantity which is less than the true quantity or computing the purchase price of the commodity according to a unit price that is less than the highest applicable price per unit, that is advertised, posted , marked, displayed, or quoted for the commodity. Because the bill would change the definition of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1189 Miller R) Amended: 4/11/2011 pdf html	Recycling: batteries. 1/13/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/10/2011)	Would require a producer of household batteries or consumer products incorporating a household battery, acting individually or through a household battery stewardship organization, to submit a plan to the department on January 1, 2012, for a used household battery stewardship transition project, containing specified elements, and to implement the plan by April 1, 2012, for an operation of not less than 12 months. A producer or battery stewardship organization would be required to submit a report to the department regarding the final results of the project by May 1, 2013. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1359 Skinner D) Amended: 1/4/2012 pdf html	Solid waste: beverage containers: fiberglass. 3/20/2012 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.	Would delete the provisions that require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to establish reporting periods for redemption ratesand that require the department to determine redemption rates for specified types of beverage containers. The bill also would delete the definition of "redemption rate" and make other conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1431 Committee on Accountability and Administrative Rev) Amended: 1/24/2012 pdf html	Government reports. 1/31/2012 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.	This bill would repeal obsolete, one-time reporting requirements that are no longer necessary since CalRecycle previously submitted the reports to the appropriate entities.
AB 1442 Wieckowski D) Amended: 3/27/2012 pdf html	Pharmaceutical waste. 4/18/2012 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.	Would define pharmaceutical waste for purposes of the Medical Waste Management Act, and would authorize a medical waste generator or parent organization that employs health care professionals who generate pharmaceuticals to apply to the enforcement agency for a pharmaceutical waste hauling exemption if the generator, health care professional, or parent organization retains specified documentation and meets specified requirements and if the facility receiving the medical waste retains specified documentation . The bill would authorize pharmaceutical waste to be transported by the generator or health care professional who generated the pharmaceutical waste, a staff member of the generator or health care professional, or common carrier, as defined, pursuant to these provisions. By expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1507 Mendoza D) Introduced: 1/12/2012 pdf html	Public contracts: Prison Industry Authority. 4/27/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was A. J., E.D. & E. on 1/19/2012)	Current law establishes the Prison Industry Authority within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Current law provides that the authority is authorized and empowered to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises in order to provide products and services needed by the state. Current law requires that state agencies purchase Prison Industry Authority products, make maximum utilization of these products, and consult with the staff of the authority to develop new products and adapt current products to meet their needs. This bill would provide that these requirements shall not restrict state agencies from entering into contracts or purchase orders of $25,000 or less with California certified small businesses, microbusinesses, or disabled veteran business enterprises for products provided at a lower price than the price available from the Prison Industry Authority.
AB 1508 Carter D) Amended: 5/10/2012 pdf html	Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous materials. 5/24/2012 - Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.	Current law requires junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to keep written records of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business. Current law prohibits a junk dealer or recycler from providing payment for nonferrous materials, as defined, unless the payment is made by cash or check, the check is mailed or the cash or check is provided no earlier than 3 days after the date of sale, and the dealer or recycler obtains a photograph or video of the seller and certain other identifying information, as specified, which information is to be retained by the dealer or recycler for a specified period of time. Current law exempts from the payment by cash or check requirement, among others, the redemption of nonferrous materials of a certain value when the primary purpose of the transaction is the redemption of beverage containers, as specified. This bill would modify that exemption to apply when the majority of the transaction is for the redemption of beverage containers, as specified , and would exclude the redemption of materials made of copper or copper alloys from the exemption .
AB 1530 Huffman D) Amended: 5/2/2012 pdf html	Economic development: Clean Manufacturing and Job Creation Incentive Act of 2012. 5/16/2012 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.	The Enterprise Zone Act provides for the designation and oversight by the Department of Housing and Community Development of various types of economic development areas throughout the state, including enterprise zones, targeted tax areas, local agency military base recovery areas (LAMBRAs), and manufacturing enhancement areas, collectively known as geographically targeted economic development areas, or G-TEDAs. Pursuant to these provisions, qualifying entities in those areas may receive certain tax and regulatory incentives. This bill would , until January 1, 2020, establish the Clean Manufacturing and Job Creation Incentive Act of 2012, and would authorize the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county to establish a clean manufacturing zone, as defined, within the city, county, or city and county's boundaries for the purpose of providing incentives to manufacturing businesses to locate within that city, county, or city and county. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1647 Gordon D) Amended: 5/2/2012 pdf html	Solid waste: waste tires: enforcement. 5/17/2012 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.	Current law requires, upon the order of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, a person who stores, stockpiles, or accumulates waste tires in violation of the provisions regulating the storage, stockpiling, or accumulation of waste tires to clean up those waste tires and abate the effects of the waste tires or take other necessary remedial actions in the case of threatened pollution or nuisance. Current law requires the Attorney General, at the request of the department, to petition the appropriate superior court for the issuance of an injunction if the person fails to comply with the cleanup or abatement order. Current law authorizes, at the request of the department, the district attorney or county counsel of the county in which the violation occurred to petition the court for the issuance of an injunction if the Attorney General fails to petition the court within 45 days of the department's request to the Attorney General. This bill would shorten that time period to 30 days. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1690 Nestande R) Amended: 3/29/2012 pdf html	State Budget: key liabilities. 5/3/2012 - Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4666.)	Would require the Governor, or the Department of Finance acting on his or her behalf, at the same time as the Governor's Budget is submitted to the Legislature, to submit specified information to the Legislature, including a list of the state's key liabilities relating to debt, infrastructure, retirement, and other liabilities that will affect the state's financial health in the future. This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 1834 Brownley D) Amended: 5/24/2012 pdf html	Recycling: reusable bags. 5/24/2012 - Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.	Would revise the definition of the term "reusable bag" to require the bag to meet specified requirements concerning lifetime use, volume, contest, labeling, and washability, and would require the operator of a store to make these reusable bags available to customers after July 1, 2013. The bill also would delete the prohibition on a city, county, or other local public agency from taking specified regulatory actions with regard to plastic carryout bags . This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 1900 Gatto D) Amended: 5/2/2012 pdf html	Renewable energy resources: biomethane. 5/16/2012 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.	Would require the PUC to identify all constituents that may be found in landfill gas that is to be injected into a common carrier pipeline and that could adversely impact the health and safety of the public, and to specify the maximum amount of those constituents that may be found in that landfill gas. This bill would require the PUC to develop reasonable and prudent testing protocols for gas collected from a solid waste landfill that is to be injected into a common carrier pipeline to determine if the gas contains any of the identified constituents at levels that exceed the standards set by the PUC. This bill would prohibit a gas producer from knowingly selling, supplying, transporting, or purchasing gas collected from a hazardous waste landfill. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1933 Gordon D) Introduced: 2/22/2012 pdf html	Beverage containers: enforcement. 5/15/2012 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.	Current law requires any person importing more than a 100 pounds of aluminum, bimetal, or plastic beverage container material, or more than 1,000 pounds of glass beverage container material, into the state to report the material and provide an opportunity for inspection and prohibits any person from falsifying documents required pursuant to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act or the regulations adopted by the Department of Resource Recycling and Recovery. This bill would decrease the amount of materials for which a person is required to report to the Department of Resource Recycling and Recovery to 25 pounds of aluminum, bimetal, or plastic beverage container material, or more than 250 pounds of glass beverage container material, and would additionally require the person to provide the department with certain documentation regarding those materials. Since a violation of this requirement would be crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 2003 Torres D) Introduced: 2/23/2012 pdf html	Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous materials: payment. 5/17/2012 - Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.	Current law requires junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to keep written records of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business. Current law prohibits a junk dealer or a recycler from providing payment for nonferrous material, as defined, unless the payment is made by cash or check, the check is mailed or the cash or check is provided no earlier than 3 days after the date of sale, and other specified requirements are met. This bill would allow payment for nonferrous materials by check only.
AB 2041 Swanson D) Introduced: 2/23/2012 pdf html	Regulations: adoption: disability access. 5/24/2012 - Referred to Com. on G.O.	Current state and federal law prohibits the exclusion of a qualified individual with a disability, by reason of that disability, from participation in or equal access to the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by a public entity. Federal regulations require a public entity to take appropriate steps to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. These regulations also require a public entity to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary to afford an individual with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, a service, program, or activity conducted by a public entity. This bill would require an agency to include within the notice of proposed action a specified statement regarding the availability of narrative descriptions for persons with visual or other specified disabilities. This bill contains other current laws.
AB 2091 Berryhill, Bill R) Introduced: 2/23/2012 pdf html	Regulations: new or emerging technology. 4/27/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was A. B.,P. & C.P. on 4/24/2012)	Would require a state agency proposing an administrative regulation that would require a person or entity to use a new or emerging technology or equipment in order to achieve the identified purpose of the regulation to determine if that technology is available and effective in accordance with certain requirements. The bill would also require the state agency that is proposing the regulation to include certain provisions in the regulation. The bill would require the state agency to submit to the office, and make available to the public upon request, a statement that the agency has complied with the requirements of this act. The bill would require the office to return to the agency the proposed regulation if the agency has not complied with the prescribed requirements.
AB 2174 Alejo D) Amended: 5/14/2012 pdf html	Fertilizer: reduction of use. 5/15/2012 - Re-referred to Com. on APPR.	Would specify that the use of the $0.001 per dollar of sales fee is also for the support of specified education programs that result in more efficient and agronomically sound use of fertilizer materials and minimize the environmental impacts of fertilizer use, including, but not limited to, nitrates in groundwater, for the support of research programs that increase awareness of programs for efficient and agronomically sound use of fertilizer materials , and for the support of education on efficient and agronomically sound use of fertilizer materials .
AB 2196 Chesbro D) Amended: 5/15/2012 pdf html	Renewable energy resources. 5/16/2012 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.	Would amend the RER program's definition of a renewable electrical generation facility to provide that if the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program eligibility of a facility is based on the use of landfill gas, digester gas, or another renewable fuel delivered to the facility through a common carrier pipeline, the transaction for the procurement of that fuel , including the source of the fuel and delivery method, shall meet certain conditions, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 2213 Donnelly R) Amended: 4/16/2012 pdf html	Government reorganization: realignment or closure. 4/27/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was A. B.,P. & C.P. on 4/24/2012)	Would establish the Bureaucracy Realignment and Closure Commission in state government with a specified membership. Beginning on January 1, 2014, the Controller, the Director of Finance, the Legislative Analyst, and the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy would be required to develop recommendations for the closure or realignment of state bureaucracies for consideration by the commission , as specified . The commission, not later than July 15, 2015, would be required to submit a report of its final recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature that establishes a list of state bureaucracies that are proposed to be realigned or abolished. This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 2226 Hueso D) Amended: 3/22/2012 pdf html	Agency proceedings: evidence: presumption. 5/3/2012 - Referred to Coms. on JUD. and N.R. & W.	The Administrative Procedure Act governs the conduct of formal and informal proceedings before state agencies, as defined. Current law specifies that in proceedings and hearings before a court, a presumption exists that the owner of the legal title to property is presumed to be the owner of the full beneficial title. This bill would require a state agency, as defined, and a city, county, or city and county to apply that presumption in proceedings before that state agency, city, county, or city and county.
AB 2257 Achadjian R) Amended: 4/30/2012 pdf html	Nuisance: landfill activities. 5/11/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. L. GOV. on 5/1/2012)	Would provide that no waste management activity, operation, or facility, or appurtenances thereof, as defined, in operation for more than 3 years, and conducted or maintained for commercial purposes in a manner consistent with proper and accepted customs and standards, shall become a nuisance due to any changed condition in the locality if it was not a nuisance at the time it began, except as specified. Under the bill, in an act ion or proceeding to abate the use of waste management activities, proof that the waste management activities have been in existence for 3 years will constitute a rebuttable presumption that the activities do not constitute a nuisance.
AB 2298 Ma D) Amended: 3/29/2012 pdf html	Junk dealers and recyclers. 5/17/2012 - Referred to Com. on PUB. S.	Would authorize persons appointed by the head of a county agricultural commission to carry out the periodic inspection of the premises of junk dealers and recyclers.
AB 2321 Smyth R) Introduced: 2/24/2012 pdf html	Plastic packaging containers: compostable. 4/27/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was A. NAT. RES. on 3/15/2012)	Would define the term "compostable rigid plastic packaging container" as a rigid plastic packaging container that is labeled with the term "compostable" and is in compliance with those labeling requirements. The bill would additionally exempt compostable rigid plastic packaging from those material requirements.
AB 2336 Mansoor R) Amended: 4/9/2012 pdf html	Plastic products: labeling. 4/27/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was A. NAT. RES. on 4/10/2012)	Current law, as of January 1, 2013, prohibits the sale of a plastic product, including plastic bags, labeled as "compostable," "home compostable," or "marine degradable" unless it meets certain specifications, certifications, or a standard adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Current law also prohibits the sale of a plastic product that is labeled as "biodegradable," "degradable," "decomposable," or as otherwise specified, and imposes certain labeling requirements upon a manufacturer of a compostable plastic bag. Prior to January 1, 2013, current law imposed those prohibitions on plastic bags and plastic food or beverage containers. Current law provides for the imposition by a city, a county, or the state of a civil penalty for a violation of those prohibitions. This bill would instead prohibit a manufacturer from selling a plastic product that does not meet those labeling requirements. The bill would delete the authority of a city or county to impose a civil penalty for a violation of those provisions. The bill would prohibit a civil penalty or other liability from being assessed, and would prohibit an action to enforce the labeling requirements from being commenced, continue d, or maintained, unless the action is preceded by a written notice and the person is given an opportunity of not less than 30 days to remedy the violation. The bill would apply this prohibition to assessments and actions to enforce labeling requirements pursuant to the provisions regulating the labeling of plastic products on and after January 1, 2013, or plastic bags before that date, if the person manufacturing the plastic product submits an action plan to the department, city, or county and the plan is approved, as specified. The bill would provide that the action plan may allow the sale of a plastic product that is not in compliance until a date specified in the action plan. The bill would require the department, city, or county to approve the action plan within a specified time and the person would be required to agree to comply with the labeling requirements on or after the date specified in the action plan.
AB 2390 Chesbro D) Amended: 5/1/2012 pdf html	Electricity: biomass: incentive programs. 5/16/2012 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.	EE - spoke with Barry Brewer; Don Gilbert (Brewer isn't sure which group represented by Gilbert will be sponsoring the bill)is working with the member and industry to gather ideas for bill language. Nothing finalized yet.
AB 2457 Valadao R) Amended: 5/1/2012 pdf html	Solid waste: vehicles: appliances. 5/16/2012 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.	The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires materials that require special handling, as defined, to be removed from major appliances and vehicles in which they are contained prior to crushing for transport or transferring to a baler or shredder for recycling. Recycling residue used as solid waste landfill daily cover is required to meet certain performance standards and requirements specified in the regulations adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). This bill would require CalRecycle, by March 31, 2013, to establish a working group to conduct a study of whether end-of-life vehicles and appliances are being managed in compliance with law. The bill would require the working group, by October 31, 2014, to prepare and submit to the director a report of its findings and make recommendations to address the findings. The bill would require CalRecycle to post the report on its Internet Web site. The bill would repeal the provision on January 1, 2018.
AB 2614 Torres D) Introduced: 2/24/2012 pdf html	Solid waste facilities: waste management plans. 5/11/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. PRINT on 2/24/2012)	Current law prohibits a person from establishing a new solid waste facility or transformation facility or expanding an current solid waste facility or transformation facility that will result in a significant increase in the amount of solid waste handled at the facility without a certification by the enforcement agency until an integrated waste management plan has been approved by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
AB 2635 Hernández, Roger D) Amended: 4/11/2012 pdf html	Public contracts: construction services: prevailing wage. 4/27/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was A. B.,P. & C.P. on 4/12/2012)	Current law allows public entities to enter into contracts for work including, but not limited to, repair, remodeling, and other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices. This bill would require any public entity that contracts for construction services using a unit price contract or annual contract, as defined, to only accept bids that contain unit prices developed using the general prevailing rate, as provided.
AB 2670 Committee on Natural Resources) Amended: 4/10/2012 pdf html	Solid waste recycling: facilities. 5/24/2012 - Referred to Com. on E.Q.	The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires rigid plastic packaging containers that are sold or offered for sale in this state to meet, on average, one of specified criteria and defines terms for purposes of those requirements. One of those criteria that a rigid plastic packaging container may meet to satisfy this requirement is that the container be source reduced. The act provides for the enforcement of these requirements by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery and provides that an entity making a false certification pursuant to those requirements is subject to a violation for fraud. This bill would revise the definitions of the various terms used in the those requirements, including revising the definition of the term "source reduced" to impose new requirements, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program by changing the definition of a crime. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 419 Simitian D) Introduced: 2/16/2011 pdf html	Solid waste: home-generated sharps. 1/9/2012 - Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Allen.	Current law requires a pharmaceutical manufacturer, as well as CalRecycle, to post on its respective Internet Web sites, a plan submitted by the manufacture that supports the safe collection and proper disposal of home-generated sharps. This bill would add clarifying language that the plan shall be submitted in a manner prescribed by CalRecycle and shall be posted and maintained in a readily accessible location on each entity’s Internet Web site.
SB 515 Corbett D) Amended: 5/2/2011 pdf html	Recycling: product stewardship: batteries: universal waste management facilities. 1/20/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(2). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/28/2011)	This bill would create a product stewardship program for household rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries. Among other provisions, recent amendments require CalRecycle to: Only enforce against retailers; review plans for completeness within 30 days of receipt and deem complete or incomplete; and review annual reports submitted based on a set criteria. Amendments also require the program to establish a baseline collection rate in 2012 and increase that rate by five percent, annually beginning in 2014, until a 70 percent collection rate is achieved.
SB 568 Lowenthal D) Amended: 7/12/2011 pdf html	Recycling: polystyrene food containers. 9/8/2011 - Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Allen.	This bill would prohibit a food vendor from dispensing prepared food to a customer in a polystyrene (PS) foam food container by January 1, 2016, and specify that a food vendor that is a school district is not required to comply until July 1, 2017. May 23 amendments remove this prohibition for a city, county, or school district if a PS food container recycling program is established and is likely to recycle at least 60 percent of the PS food containers. Cities and counties would be required to adopt a local ordinance establishing a recycling program. June 15 amendments delay original compliance dates by two years.
SB 589 Lowenthal D) Amended: 6/21/2011 pdf html	Recycling: household mercury-containing lamps. 7/8/2011 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was E.S. & T.M. on 6/21/2011)	Would require a manufacturer of household mercury-containing lamps, on or before April 1, 2013, individually or through a stewardship organization, to prepare and submit to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for approval a household mercury-containing lamp stewardship plan to establish a recovery program for the management of end-of-life household mercury-containing lamps. The bill would define terms, including defining the term stewardship fee as an amount added to the retail purchase price of a mercury-containing household lamp. The bill would require the plan to include the payment of a stewardship fee at the point of sale and would specify a procedure for the department's approval of the amount of the stewardship fee. This bill would constitute a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 2/3 of the membership of each house of the Legislature. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 758 Fuller R) Amended: 3/22/2011 pdf html	Recycling: tires. 1/13/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/10/2011)	Would decrease the amount of the California tire fee that is imposed until January 1, 2015, to $1.15.
SB 915 Calderon D) Amended: 3/25/2011 pdf html	Recycling: plastic bags. 1/13/2012 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/10/2011)	This bill would require plastic bag use to be reduced by an unspecified percentage by an upspecified date. It would require plastic bags to contain a mandatory level of recycled content, according to a specified schedule, and it would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle or Department) to establish a working group of stakeholders to develop strategies for increasing the recycling of plastic bags and suggestions for potential funding to increase consumer awareness. These provisions would become part of the current At-Store Recycling Program, which requires stores to collect plastic carryout bags for recycling.
SB 1002 Yee D) Amended: 4/9/2012 pdf html	Public records: electronic format. 5/24/2012 - Do pass as amended.	Would authorize an agency, when requested by a person, to provide an electronic record in a format in which the text in the electronic record is searchable by commonly used software. The bill would require the requester to bear the cost of converting the electronic record into a searchable format. The bill would prohibit an agency from charging a requester for the cost of specified services . This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 1045 Emmerson R) Amended: 5/8/2012 pdf html	Metal theft: damages. 5/14/2012 - In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.	Would prohibit any junk dealer or recycler from possessing a fire hydrant, fire department connection, manhole cover or lid or any part of that cover or lid, or backflow device or connection to that device without a written certification on the letterhead of the agency or utility that owns or previously owned the material certifying that the entity has sold or is offering the material for sale and that the person possessing and identified in the certificate is authorized to negotiate the sale of the material. The bill would make junk dealers and recyclers civilly liable for actual damages and also for exemplary damages of 3 times the agency's or utility's actual damages, including the value of the material, repair and replacement costs, and labor costs , unless the court determines that extenuating circumstances do not justify awarding exemplary damages .
SB 1118 Hancock D) Amended: 4/25/2012 pdf html	Solid waste: used mattresses. 5/24/2012 - Do pass as amended.	Would require manufacturers of mattresses, on and after July 1, 2013, to establish and implement a program to collect and recycle used mattresses from consumers, as specified. The bill would also require a retailer, on and after July 1, 2013, in coordination with a manufacturer, to provide or arrange for the pickup of a used mattress from a consumer purchasing a new mattress. The bill would authorize the manufacturer, in lieu of establishing the program, to remit, on a voluntarily basis, to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery a payment of $25 for each mattress sold in the state. The bill would require the moneys remitted to be deposited in the Mattress Recovery and Recycling Account, which the bill would establish in the Integrated Waste Management Fund. The bill would require moneys in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be expended by the department to implement a program to facilitate the recovery and recycling of used mattresses.
SB 1159 Calderon D) Amended: 4/17/2012 pdf html	Plastic bag: labeling. 5/1/2012 - Set for hearing May 14.	Would enact the Plastic Bag Reduction and Recycling Act of 2012 and would prohibit the operator of a supermarket, as defined, on and after July 1, 2013, from distributing a plastic carryout bag to a customer unless the plastic carryout bag displays the phrase "Please Recycle This Bag," in accordance with specified requirements. The bill would provide that a violation of this requirement by the operator of a supermarket is an infraction, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. The bill would authorize the city attorney or district attorney to bring an action against the operator of the supermarket convicted of violating this requirement for the recovery of the costs of the enforcement action. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 1171 Harman R) Amended: 5/21/2012 pdf html	Maintenance of the codes. 5/21/2012 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.	Current law directs the Legislative Counsel to advise the Legislature from time to time as to legislation necessary to maintain the codes. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in various provisions of law to effectuate the recommendations made by the Legislative Counsel to the Legislature.
SB 1219 Wolk D) Introduced: 2/23/2012 pdf html	Recycling: plastic bags. 5/10/2012 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.	Current law requires an operator of a store, as defined, to establish an at-store recycling program that provides to customers the opportunity to return clean plastic carryout bags to that store. This requirement is repealed on January 1, 2013. Current law prohibits a city, county, or other local public agency from taking specified regulatory actions with regard to the recycling of plastic carryout bags. Current law provides for the enforcement of those provisions by local agencies and by the state and requires the civil penalties collected by the state to be expended by the Attorney General, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement these requirements. This bill would extend those at-store recycling program requirements until January 1, 2020, and would repeal the provisions preempting local regulatory action.
SB 1327 Cannella R) Introduced: 2/23/2012 pdf html	State government: business information: Internet Web site. 5/24/2012 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 24).	Would require the Governor to establish an Internet Web site to assist an individual with the licensing, permitting, and registration requirements necessary to start a business. The bill would require a state agency that the Governor determines has licensing authority to provide accurate updated information about its licensing requirements, and would prohibit a state agency from using this Internet Web site as the exclusive source of licensing information for the public. The bill would also authorize the Governor to impose a reasonable fee upon users of the Internet Web site.
SB 1359 Simitian D) Introduced: 2/24/2012 pdf html	Solid waste: compost. 5/17/2012 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.	Current law defines "compost" for purposes of certain provisions within the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requiring the purchase of compost by state agencies in similar a manner except that it does not include wastes source separated at a centralized facility and does not specify that wastes include vegetable, yard, or wood wastes that are not hazardous waste. This bill would revise the definition of compost applicable to state agency purchases to conform to the definition applicable to the whole act. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 1427 De León D) Amended: 4/25/2012 pdf html	State contracts: electronic goods: bid preference for refurbished electronics. 5/24/2012 - From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 24).	Would require a state agency that accepts bids or proposals for a contract for electronic goods to provide a preference of 5% , as specified, to a company that offers to fulfill the contract with refurbished electronics, as defined .
SB 1547 Simitian D) Introduced: 2/24/2012 pdf html	Recycling: beverage containers: enforcement. 5/7/2012 - In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.	The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires a distributor of specified beverage containers to pay a redemption payment to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, for each beverage container, as defined, sold or transferred. Current law prohibits any person from paying, claiming, or receiving any refund value, processing payment, handling fee, or administrative fee for imported beverage container material, previously redeemed containers, rejected containers, line breakage, or other ineligible material. Current law also prohibits any person from redeeming or attempting to redeem those containers or materials, returning previously redeemed containers to the marketplace for redemption, or bringing those containers or materials to the marketplace for redemption, as specified. This bill would also require the department, when conducting those surveys, to exclude other ineligible material. This bill contains other current laws.

Total Measures: 56

Total Tracking Forms: 56

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