Bill Text: CA AB886 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 886 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Plastic bags.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB886 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB886-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 886

Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman

February 20, 2019

An act to amend Section 42257 of the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 886, as introduced, Eggman. Plastic bags.

Existing law, until January 1, 2020, 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, and requires a manufacturer of plastic carryout bags to develop educational materials to encourage the reduction, reuse, and recycling of plastic bags and make those materials available to those stores.

This bill would extend the operation of those requirements to January 1, 2021.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 42257 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

42257.

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, ~~2020,~~ 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, ~~2020,~~ 2021, deletes or extends that date.