Bill Text: CA AB2513 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2513

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Bill Title: Gas stoves and ranges: warning label.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2024-09-27 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2513 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2513-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2513

Introduced by Assembly Member Pellerin
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Friedman)

February 13, 2024

An act to add Article 1.2 (commencing with Section 108530) to Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to gas stoves.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2513, as introduced, Pellerin. Gas stoves and ranges: warning label.

Existing law sets forth various health and safety requirements and prohibitions, including product safety label requirements.

This bill would prohibit a person from selling, attempting to sell, or offering to sell to a consumer in this state a gas stove, as defined, that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2025, unless the gas stove bears a label that sets forth a specified statement relating to air pollutants that can be released by gas stoves and that is attached to the gas stove in a conspicuous location, among other requirements.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Article 1.2 (commencing with Section 108530) is added to Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

Article 1.2. Gas Stoves and Ranges: Warning Label

108530.

For purposes of this chapter, a “gas stove” means a household natural gas stove or range that is used for food preparation and provides at least one of the following functions:

(a) Surface cooking.

(b) Oven cooking.

108531.

(a) A person shall not sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in this state a gas stove that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2025, unless a label on the gas stove bears the following statement:

WARNING: A gas stove or oven range in use can release nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide inside homes at levels exceeding the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for outdoor air quality. The presence of these pollutants may exacerbate preexisting respiratory illnesses or lead to the development of asthma, especially in children. To lower the risk of breathing in these harmful gases, allow ventilation in the area and turn on a vent hood when gas-powered stoves and ranges are in use.

(b) The label described in subdivision (a) shall be attached to the gas stove in a conspicuous location. The label shall be in a type size and font no smaller than the largest type size and font used for other consumer information on the product.