Solid-Waste: Single-Use Carryout Bags (SB 270)
BILL SUMMARY:
This bill, as of July 1, 2015, prohibits stores that have a specified amount of sales in dollars or retail floor space from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer, with specified exceptions. The bill also prohibits those stores from selling or distributing a recycled paper bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10. The bill also allows those stores, on or after July 1, 2015, to distribute compostable bags at the point of sale only in jurisdictions that meet specified requirements and at a cost of not less than $0.10. The bill requires these stores to meet other specified requirements on and after July 1, 2015, regarding providing reusable grocery bags to customers, including distributing those bags only at a cost of not less than $0.10. The bill would require all moneys collected pursuant to these provisions to be retained by the store and be used only for specified purposes.
STATE:
CA
FINAL LANGUAGE:
STATUTE:
Chapter 850, Statutes of 2014
AUTHOR:
Senator Alex Padilla
CO-AUTHORS:
Assemblymember Luis Alejo; Assemblymember Matt Dababneh
SENATE VOTE:
| Yes: 22 | No: 15 |
| R: 0 | R: 12 |
| D: 22 | D: 3 |
ASSEMBLY VOTE:
| Yes: 45 | No: 31 |
| R: 0 | R: 24 |
| D: 45 | D: 7 |
FISCAL IMPACT:
LISTED SUPPORT:
7th Generation Advisors; All One Ocean; Azul; Black Surfers Collective; California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce; California Association of Environmental Health Administrators; California Coastal Coalition; California Coastkeeper Alliance; California Grocers Association; California Labor Federation; California League of Conservation Voters; California Retailers Association; California State Lands Commission; Californians Against Waste; Cathedral City; Center for Biological Diversity; Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research, & Education; ChicoEco, Inc.; Cities of Clayton, Concord, Encinitas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Palm Desert, Palo Alto, Sacramento, San Jose, San Rafael, Santa Monica and Sunnyvale; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; City of Long Beach, Councilmember Suja Lowenthal; City of Oceanside Water Utilities Department; Clean Oceans Competition; Clean Water Action; Command Packaging; Contra Costa Clean Water Program; Contra Costa County; Costa Mesa Sanitary District; Counties of Los Angeles, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Barbara and; Culver City; Don?t Waste LA; Earthwise Bag Company, Inc.; Environment California; Friends Committee on Legislation in California; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Global Green USA; Gloria Molina, Supervisor, County of Los Angeles; Green Bag Company; Green Cities California; Green Vets Los Angeles; GreenWaste Recovery; Heal the Bay; Hidden Resources; Humboldt Waste Management Authority; Latino Coalition for a California Bag Ban; Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy; Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Alliance of River Communities; Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority; Napa Recycling and Waste Services; Natural Resources Defense Council; Ocean Project; Pacoima Beautiful; Planning and Conservation League; Plastic Free Seas; Plastic Pollution Coalition; Plastic Soup Foundation; Plasticbaglaws.org; Redlands Area Democratic Club; Republic Services; Reusable Bag Association; Sachamama; Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper; Santa Clara Valley Water District; Save Our Shores; Seaturtles.org; Sierra Club; Silicon Valley Leadership Group; Silver Lake Neighborhood Council; Surfrider Foundation; Sustainable Burbank Commission; Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii; Target; Team Marine; The Five Gyres Institute; The Ocean Project; UFCW Western States Council; Valley Industry and Commerce Association; Western Center on Law and Poverty; Wildcoast; World Society for the Protection of Animals; Zanker Recycling; Zero Waste San Diego
Letters of Support
Letters of Support
LISTED OPPOSITION:
American Forest & Paper Association; American Progressive Bag Alliance; Association of California Cities Orange County; City of Laguna Niguel; Elkay Plastics; Familias Latinas de California; Forest Products Industry National Labor Management Committee; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association; International Paper; Teamsters District Council 2
Letters of Opposition
Letters of Opposition
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