Bill Text: CA AB2379 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Waste management: plastic microfiber.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-04 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Bloom. [AB2379 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2379-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 18, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 16, 2018 |
Amended
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Assembly
April 02, 2018 |
Assembly Bill | No. 2379 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gonzalez Fletcher and Mark Stone) |
February 14, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42375) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read:CHAPTER 6.2. Microfiber Pollution Education and Reduction
42375.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:42375.1.
(a) New clothing made from fabric that is composed of more than 50 percent synthetic material, if a care label is required for that clothing pursuant to Part 423 (commencing with Section 423.1) of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations, shall include on the care label, in addition to the care information and instructions required pursuant to that federal law,(1)For clothing for which machine washing or hand washing is recommended or required: “This garment sheds plastic microfibers when washed. Hand washing recommended to reduce shedding.”
(2)For all clothing that does not meet the description in paragraph (1) or if including the statement in paragraph (1) would violate
Part 423 (commencing with Section 423.1) of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations: “This garment sheds plastic microfibers when washed.”
(1)For clothing for which machine washing or hand washing is recommended or required: “This garment sheds plastic microfibers
when
washed, which contributes to marine plastic pollution. Hand washing recommended to reduce shedding.”
(2)
(3)