Bill Text: CA SB1053 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Solid waste: recycled paper bags: standards: carryout bag prohibition.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: (Passed) 2024-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 453, Statutes of 2024. [SB1053 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1053-Amended.html
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Introduced by Senators Blakespear and Allen (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan and Mathis) (Coauthors: Senators Limón, Stern, and Wiener) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Addis, Bennett, Boerner, Friedman, Quirk-Silva, and Rendon) |
February 08, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Article 1 (commencing with Section 42279) is added to Chapter 5.3 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read:Article 1. Legislative Findings and Declarations
42279.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:SEC. 2.
The heading of Article 1 (commencing with Section 42280) of Chapter 5.3 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code is amended and renumbered to read:Article 1.5. Definitions
SECTION 1.SEC. 3.
Section 42280 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:42280.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:SEC. 2.SEC. 4.
Section 42280 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:42280.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)(1)“Single-use carryout bag” means a bag made of plastic, paper, or other material that is provided by a store to a customer at the point of sale and that is not a recycled paper bag.
(2)A single-use carryout bag does not include any of the following:
(A)A bag provided by a pharmacy pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 4000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code to a customer purchasing a prescription medication.
(B)A nonhandled bag used to protect a purchased item from damaging or contaminating other purchased items when placed in a recycled paper bag or a compostable plastic bag.
(C)A precheckout bag, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 42281.2.
(D)A nonhandled bag that is designed to be placed over articles of clothing on a hanger, such as a garment bag used in dry cleaning or laundry services.