Ben Allen
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 24
Author
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste. Existing law prohibits certain stores from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer and prohibits those stores from selling or distributing a reusable grocery bag or 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 requires a store to retain those collected moneys to be used only for costs associated with complying with those provisions, actual costs of providing recycled paper bags or reusable grocery bags, and costs associated with a store's educational materials or educational campaign encouraging the use of reusable grocery bags. Existing law authorizes a city, county, city and county, or the state to impose civil penalties on a person or entity that knows or reasonably should have known it is in violation of those requirements. This bill would require a store to retain the collected moneys to also be used for costs associated with providing consumers with an opportunity for returning reusable grocery bags to the store for recycling, and any other costs associated with ensuring that collected bags are recycled. The bill would require stores to submit an annual report to the department with specified information related to the total costs associated with complying with the act, as specified, and the balance, if any, of remaining funds, in the year. The bill would authorize a chain that owns more than one store to report aggregated data for all of the stores operated under that chain. The bill would authorize an authorized representative of a store with a collective bargaining agreement to review and make copies of those annual reports. The bill would require that these provisions apply only to certain stores, as described.
Veto sustained.
Stricken from file.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 2829.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 3519.) Ordered to the Senate.
Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (September 1).
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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 0.) (July 10).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
June 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 1273.) 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 4. Noes 1. Page 1183.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 17.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 572.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 29.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB777 | HTML |
| 02/17/23 - Introduced | |
| 05/18/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/12/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/19/23 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/27/23- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 04/16/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/18/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/23/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/07/23- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/07/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/14/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 10/25/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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