CURRENT PRIORITY LEGISLATION
SB 279 (McNerney) will expand small and medium scale composting capacity in the state, and provides growers with a sustainable alternative to open burning of ag residuals.
SB 45 (Padilla & Blakespear) will require plastic beverage bottles under 2 liters to use tethered caps—caps that remain attached to their bottles throughout their lifecycle—by 2027, eliminating a leading source of litter.
AB 762 (Irwin & Wilson) will ban the sale of non-refillable or non-rechargeable vapes.
AB 823 (Boerner) will expand California’s existing ban on intentionally added microbeads to include cosmetics, cleaning products and coatings.