CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

SB-707, RESPONSIBLE TEXTILE RECOVERY ACT OF 2024. SENATOR NEWMAN (D-FULLERTON). SPONSORED BY CPSC. THIS BILL WOULD ENACT A STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM KNOWN AS THE RESPONSIBLE TEXTILE RECOVERY ACT OF 2024, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A PRODUCER OF APPAREL, AS DEFINED, OR TEXTILE ARTICLES, AS DEFINED, TO FORM AND JOIN A PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY ORGANIZATION OR PRO. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE PRO TO BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BILL, AS PROVIDED. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM NO EARLIER THAN JULY 1, 2028. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE PRO TO SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT, FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL, A COMPLETE PLAN FOR THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, REPAIR, SORTING, AND RECYCLING, AND THE SAFE AND PROPER MANAGEMENT, OF APPAREL, AS DEFINED, AND TEXTILE ARTICLES, AS DEFINED, IN THE STATE. UPON APPROVAL OF A PLAN, OR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2030, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER, THE BILL WOULD MAKE A PRODUCER SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED CIVIL PENALTIES, UNLESS THE PRODUCER IS A PARTICIPANT OF A PRO, AND ALL APPAREL AND TEXTILES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PLAN.

SB-1280, WASTE MANAGEMENT: PROPANE CYLINDERS: REUSABLE OR REFILLABLE. SENATOR LAIRD (D-SANTA CRUZ). SPONSORED BY CPSC. EXISTING LAW, THE CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1989, ESTABLISHES THE DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES RECYCLING AND RECOVERY AND REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS, AS NECESSARY, TO CARRY OUT THE ACT. THIS BILL WOULD, ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2028, PROHIBIT THE SALE OR OFFER FOR SALE OF PROPANE CYLINDERS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPANE CYLINDERS THAT ARE REUSABLE OR REFILLABLE, AS DEFINED. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1, 2028.