Proposed Policies
Safer States provides the most current proposed and adopted legislation on toxins. On the map, click on California and open up the pages with proposed and adopted legislation. You can track each bill through the entire legislative process.
A.B.1347: Allows consumers to get an e-receipt rather than a paper receipt and avoid exposure to bisphenol A or bisphenol S in paper receipts.
A.B.496: Expands existing cosmetics policy to include a prohibition on additional ingredients such as phthalates, formaldehyde, mercury, and certain PFAS chemicals.
A.B.1423: Requires disclosure of covered surfaces (artificial turf) that contains PFAS. Prohibits public entities from purchasing or installing a covered surface (artificial turf) containing PFAS.
A.B.727: Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cleaning products that contain regulated PFAS.
A.B.249: Requires a community water system that serves a schoolsite with a building constructed before January 1, 2010, to test for lead in the potable water system of the schoolsite. If the lead level exceeds a specified level at a schoolsite, requires the local educational agency or school to take immediate steps to ensure that a safe potable source of drinking water is provided for pupils.
A.B.101: Appropriations bill. Provides $90 million for technical and financial assistance to drinking water systems to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
S.B.72: Appropriations bill. Provides $120,000,000 for echnical and financial assistance to drinking water systems to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
A.B.221: Appropriations bill. Provides $120,000,000 for echnical and financial assistance to drinking water systems to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
A.B.246: Eliminates perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances from menstrual products.
A.B.347: Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to enforce and ensure compliance with PFAS prohibitions and provide regulatory guidance.
S.B.414: Prohibits a city, county, or special district from issuing a rebate, voucher, or other financial incentive for the use of synthetic grass or artificial turf that contains contaminants, including zinc, plastic, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
S.B.378: Requires enforcement and notice of the expanded polystyrene prohibition at state beaches and parks.
A.B.1290: Prohibits a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, or distributing in the state opaque or pigmented polyethylene terephthalate plastic bottles, and plastic packaging that contains certain chemicals, pigments, or additives.
A.B.1628: Requires all new washing machines sold for residential, commercial, and state use in California to contain a microfiber filtration system.
A.B.1705: Moratorium on the siting of incineration facilities.
A.B.1059: Prohibit a person, including a manufacturer, from selling or distributing in commerce in this state any new juvenile product, mattress, or upholstered furniture that contains fiberglass.
A.B.267: Removes the requirement that all tents manufactured for sale in the state be flame retardant.
Adopted Regulations
A snapshot of PFAS regulations in California can be found at https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/updated-pfas-state-snapshot-california-38035/
AB 1879: Establishes a process to identify, prioritize and evaluate chemicals of concern in consumer products, determine how best to limit exposure or reduce the level of hazard, and establishes green chemistry challenge grants and a Green Ribbon Science Panel (Adopted in 2008)
SB 1371: Allows state Water Board to require monitoring for and reporting of PFAS by water utilities. (Adopted in 2020)
AB 756: Requires public water systems to monitor for PFAS. (Adopted in 2019)
AB 841: Requires the state to develop a work plan to determine select PFAS to test for risks to human health. (Adopted in 2020)
SB 1044: Prohibits the manufacture and sale of firefighting foam containing PFAS, prohibits the use of PFAS foam for training purposes, requires manufacturers of firefighter protective equipment to disclose the inclusion of PFAS in their products. (Adopted in 2020)
California Governmental Departments, Regulations, and Lawsuits
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