By Doug Brooms, ZWAC Co-Chair, 7/15/2022
Please visit the NCRA 2022 Legislative Advocacy page for additional information. Comments, recommendations and questions are welcome and appreciated.
Clean Seas Lobby Coalition Priority Bills
NCRA has been included, among many other organizations, as a signatory to support letters for the following 7 Bills that are still active. Most of these Bills reside in the Appropriations Committee in the alternate House.
AB 1817 Product safety: textile articles: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
AB 1857 Solid waste. (Incinerators Diversion Credit Removal)
AB 2026 Recycling: plastic packaging and carryout bags
AB 2247 PFAS Disclosures in Cosmetics
AB 2638 School facilities: drinking water: water bottle filling stations. SB 1013 Atkins D Beverage container recycling: reports: electronic submittal: wine and distilled spirits. (Revised) CAW letter sign-on
SB 1255 Single-use products waste reduction: Dishwasher Grant Program for Waste Reduction in K–12 Schools and Community Colleges.
CalRecycle Priority Bills
The following are 12 Bills, selected from CalRecycle’s list of Priority Bills, for which NCRA has submitted letters of support to designated legislative committees. Most of these Bills reside in the Appropriations Committee in the alternate House.
Note: Bills currently also supported by Californians Against Waste (CAW) are designated with (*)
AB 649 Bennett D Calrecycle: Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Relations.
AB 661 Bennett D Recycling: materials. Minimum recycled content.
AB 1001 Garcia, Cristina D Environment: Mitigation measures for air and water quality impacts: Environmental justice.
AB 1067 Ting D Beverage containers. In-lieu Study. *
AB 1985 Rivas, Robert D Organic waste: list: available products.
AB 2048 Santiago D Franchise agreements: Database.
AB 2208 Kalra D Fluorescent lamps: sale and distribution: prohibition * (new)
AB 2419 Bryan D Environmental justice: Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Justice 40 Oversight Committee.
AB 2440 Irwin D Battery and Battery-Embedded Product Recycling and Fire Risk Reduction Act of 2022.
AB 2779 Irwin D Beverage containers: Wine and distilled spirits. *
SB 1046 Eggman D Solid waste: Pre-checkout bags. *
SB 1215 (Newman) E-Waste Recycling Program Expansion (Group support letter)
The following 8 additional CalRecycle Priority Bills, previously proposed as viable candidates for NCRA support, are in need of further assessments:
AB 923 Ramos D Government-to-Government Consultation Act: state-tribal consultation.
AB 1740 Muratsuchi D Catalytic converters.
AB 2374 Bauer-Kahan D Crimes against public health and safety: Illegal dumping. (Recent)
AB 2784 Ting D Thermoform plastic containers: Postconsumer recycled plastic. *
SB 1075 Skinner D Green hydrogen: Emissions of greenhouse gases.
SB 1136 Portantino D California Environmental Quality Act: Expedited environmental review: Climate change regulations (Recent)
SB 1187 Kamlager D Fabric recycling: Pilot project.
SB 1206 Skinner D Hydrofluorocarbon gases: Sale or distribution. (Recent) *
Again, comments, recommendations and questions are welcome and appreciated.
Thanks for considering.