Bill Text: CA SB728 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Plastic gift cards: prohibition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-01-25 - Veto sustained. [SB728 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB728-Amended.html
Bill Title: Plastic gift cards: prohibition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-01-25 - Veto sustained. [SB728 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB728-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 728
| Introduced by Senator Limón |
February 17, 2023 |
An act to add Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 42249) to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 728, as amended, Limón.
Plastic gift cards: prohibition.
Existing law regulates the sale of gift certificates. The definition of a gift certificate includes gift cards, but also specifically exempts gift cards that are usable with multiple sellers of goods or services provided that the expiration date, if any, is printed on the card.
Existing law regulates the manufacture, sale, and disposal of various plastic products, including, but not limited to, single-use foodware accessories, single-use carryout bags, trash bags, packaging containers, and microbeads.
This bill would prohibit
prohibit, beginning January 1, 2026, the sale or distribution of plastic gift cards beginning January 1, 2026. cards, except those that are both usable with multiple unaffiliated sellers of goods and that have the expiration date, if any, printed on the card.
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 42249) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read:CHAPTER 5.1. Prohibition on Plastic Gift Cards
42249.
(a) On and after January 1, 2026, a gift card made of plastic shall not be sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this state.(b) For purposes of this chapter, “gift card” has the same definition as “gift certificate” as defined in Section 1749.45 of the Civil Code.
