BILL NUMBER: SB 423	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 21, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 3, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bates

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Section 25218.14 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to hazardous waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 423, as amended, Bates.  Consumer  
Surplus household consumer  product waste: management.
   Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, to develop and implement a public information program to
provide uniform and consistent information on the proper disposal of
hazardous substances found in and around homes. Existing law provides
for regulation of the disposition of hazardous waste by the
Department of Toxic Substances Control.
   This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control
to convene a Retail Waste Working Group, as prescribed, to consider
and make  findings and  recommendations relating to
requirements for the management of  surplus   household
 consumer products that are wastes,  
products,  waste reduction opportunities for  consumer
  those  products, and  hazardous 
waste management  requirements in the retail industry,
  requirements,  as specified. The bill would
require the working group to report these  findings and 
recommendations to the Legislature by June 1, 2017.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25218.14 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   25218.14.  (a) The department shall convene a Retail Waste Working
Group comprised of representatives of large retailers, small
retailers, district attorneys, certified unified program agencies,
nongovernment organizations, other relevant state agencies as
determined by the department, manufacturers, reverse distributors,
and other stakeholders to consider and make  findings and 
recommendations on the following:
   (1) Regulatory and  policy   statutory 
requirements that may be considered confusing or may need
clarification or specification when applied to the overall management
 by manufacturer, distributor, supplier, vendor, retail, and
reverse logistics facilities  of  surplus household 
consumer  products that are wastes,   products,
 including  those   products  that
 are   can be  considered hazardous
 wastes when the   waste or pharmaceutical waste
once a  waste determination is made.
   (2) Consensus policy or   Statutory or 
regulatory recommendations to facilitate and increase  the
donation, liquidation, and sale of surplus household consumer
products and  waste reduction opportunities for 
consumer   those  products and to clarify 
hazardous  waste management requirements  in the
retail industry  to encourage  safe and efficient
options for managing waste and   the management of 
surplus  household  consumer  products. 
 products by manufacturer, distributor, supplier, vendor, retail,
and reverse logistics facilities   in a manner that is
protective of public health and the environment.  
   (b) For purposes of this section, "surplus household consumer
product" means a household consumer product that cannot or will not
be sold to a consumer through that product's primary market. 

   (b) 
    (c)  By June 1, 2017, the Retail Waste Working Group
shall report the  findings and  recommendations made
pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Legislature.