Bill Text: CA SB647 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Hazardous substances: metal-containing jewelry.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 379, Statutes of 2019. [SB647 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB647-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 27, 2019 |
Senate Bill | No. 647 |
Introduced by Senator Mitchell |
February 22, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law prohibits a person from manufacturing, shipping, selling, or offering for sale or promotional purposes jewelry, as defined, or children’s jewelry, as defined, unless the jewelry is made entirely from specified materials.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would protect the public health, safety, and welfare of Californians by preventing lead and cadmium exposure from jewelry that is sold in the state.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the LegislatureSEC. 2.
Section 25214.1 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:25214.1.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:(d)(1)“Class 1 material” means any of the following materials:
(A)Stainless or surgical steel.
(B)Karat gold.
(C)Sterling silver.
(D)Platinum, palladium, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, or osmium.
(E)Natural or cultured pearls.
(F)Glass, ceramic, or crystal decorative components, including cat’s eye, cubic zirconia, including cubic zirconium or CZ, rhinestones, and cloisonne.
(G)A gemstone that is cut and polished for ornamental purposes, except as provided in paragraph (2).
(H)Elastic, fabric, ribbon, rope, or string, unless it contains intentionally added lead and is listed as a class 2 material.
(I)All natural decorative material, including amber, bone, coral, feathers, fur, horn, leather, shell, or wood, that is
in its natural state and is not treated in a way that adds lead.
(J)Adhesive.
(2)The following gemstones are not class 1 materials: aragonite, bayldonite, boleite, cerussite, crocoite, ekanite, linarite, mimetite, phosgenite, samarskite, vanadinite, and wulfenite.
(e)“Class 2 material” means any of the following materials:
(1)Electroplated metal that meets the following standards:
(A)On and before August 30, 2009, a metal alloy with less than 10 percent lead by weight that is electroplated with suitable under and finish coats.
(B)On and after August 31, 2009, a metal alloy with less than 6 percent lead by weight that is
electroplated with suitable under and finish coats.
(2)Unplated metal with less than 1.5 percent lead that is not otherwise listed as a class 1 material.
(3)Plastic or rubber, including acrylic, polystyrene, plastic beads and stones, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that meets the following standards:
(A)On and before August 30, 2009, less than 0.06 percent (600 parts per million) lead by weight.
(B)On and after August 31, 2009, less than 0.02 percent (200 parts per million) lead by weight.
(4)A dye or surface coating containing less than 0.06 percent (600 parts per million) lead by weight.
(f)“Class 3 material” means any
portion of jewelry that meets both of the following criteria:
(1)Is not a class 1 or class 2 material.
(2)Contains less than 0.06 percent (600 parts per million) lead by weight.
(g)
(h)
(i)
SEC. 3.
Section 25214.2 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:25214.2.
(a) A person shall not manufacture, ship, sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes jewelry for retail sale or promotional purposes in the state, unless the jewelry is made entirely from(1)A nonmetallic material that is a class 1 material and that does not otherwise violate the requirements of paragraph (4).
(2)A nonmetallic material that is a class 2 material.
(3)A metallic material that is either a class 1 material or contains less than 0.06 percent (600 parts per million) lead by weight.
(4)Glass or crystal decorative components that weigh in total no more than one gram, excluding any glass or crystal decorative component that contains less than 0.02 percent (200 parts per million) lead by
weight and has no intentionally added lead.
(5)Printing ink or ceramic glaze that contains less than 0.06 percent (600 parts per million) lead by weight.
(6)Class 3 material that contains less than 0.02 percent (200 parts per million) lead by weight.
SEC. 4.
Section 25214.3.1 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:25214.3.1.
(a) A manufacturer or supplier of jewelry that is sold, offered for sale, or offered for promotional purposes shall prepare and, at the request of the department, submit to the department no more than 28 days after the date of the request, technical documentation or other information showing that the jewelry is in compliance with the requirements of this article.SEC. 5.
Section 25214.4 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:25214.4.
(a) The test methods for determining compliance with this article shall be conducted using the EPA reference methods 3050B, 3051A, and 3052, as specified in EPA Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, SW-846 (Third Edition,(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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