Catherine Blakespear
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 38
Author
Existing law prohibits a store, as defined, from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale, with specified exceptions, including an exemption for bags used to contain unwrapped food. Existing law defines a "single-use carryout bag" as 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 or a reusable grocery bag that meets specified requirements, including that the bag be made by a certified reusable grocery bag producer and meets specified requirements with regard to the bag's durability, material, labeling, heavy metal content, and, with regard to reusable grocery bags made from plastic film, recycled material content. Existing law prohibits a producer of reusable grocery bags made from plastic film from selling or distributing those bags unless the producer is certified by a third-party certification entity, and provides proof of that certification and a certification fee to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a store from selling or distributing a recycled paper bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10. Existing law defines "recycled paper bag," in part, as a paper carryout bag that contains a minimum of 40% postconsumer recycled materials, except as provided, and meets other requirements. Existing law allows a retail establishment to voluntarily comply with these requirements, if the retail establishment provides the department with irrevocable notice. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, revise and recast those provisions to, among other things, recast the definition of a "single-use carryout bag" to a "carryout bag," and would revise the definition to mean a bag made of plastic, paper, or other material that is provided by a store to a customer at the point of sale for the purpose of carrying purchased goods and that is not a recycled paper bag. The bill would create a carryout bag exception to include a bag provided to a customer before the customer reaches the point of sale, that is designed to protect a purchased item from damaging or contaminating other purchased items in a checkout bag, or to contain an unwrapped food item, as specified. The bill would revise the definition of "recycled paper bag" to require it be made from a minimum of 50% postconsumer recycled materials on and after January 1, 2028, without exception. The bill would also prohibit a store from providing, distributing, or selling a carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale, except as provided. The bill would also repeal the provisions relating to standards for and the certification of reusable grocery bags, and would repeal a provision relating to certain obsolete at-store recycling program requirements. The bill would make related legislative findings and declarations and would make related conforming changes.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 453, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5729.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 7. Page 6892.) Ordered to the Senate.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 7).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 1).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 4091.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3969.) (May 16).
Set for hearing May 16.
May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 6.
April 29 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing April 29.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3660.) (April 17).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
Set for hearing April 17.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1053 | HTML |
| 02/08/24 - Introduced | |
| 04/04/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/18/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/16/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/20/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/03/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/15/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/20/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/04/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/22/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/15/24- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 05/03/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/16/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/28/24- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 08/05/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/09/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/16/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/29/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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