--- type: "Bill" title: "Solid waste: plastic products." description: "Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product, as defined, labeled as \"compostable,\" \"home compostable,\" or \"marine degradable\" unless it meets specified ASTM International standard specifications, the OK Compost HOME certification, as specified, or a standard adopted by the department, or unless the plastic product is labeled with a qualified claim for which the department has adopted an existing standard, and the plastic product meets that standard. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product that is labeled as \"biodegradable,\" \"degradable,\" \"decomposable,\" or as otherwise specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, requires a manufacturer or supplier of plastic products making an environmental marketing claim relating to the recycled content of a plastic food container product to maintain specified information and documentation in written form in its records in support of that claim. Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty by a city, county, or the state for a violation of those provisions." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 1294" citation: "California AB 1294 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Solid waste: plastic products."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Berman"] version_count: 5 action_count: 26 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2017-02-17" last_action: "2017-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950cf31c-03e3-4cee-8430-d062fe9a6521" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294" source_hash: "547d2d407b565248a466b5d2a91292abedfcffdc5d9a95db1a1336dde499d859" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California AB 1294 (20172018) — Solid waste: plastic products. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product, as defined, labeled as "compostable," "home compostable," or "marine degradable" unless it meets specified ASTM International standard specifications, the OK Compost HOME certification, as specified, or a standard adopted by the department, or unless the plastic product is labeled with a qualified claim for which the department has adopted an existing standard, and the plastic product meets that standard. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product that is labeled as "biodegradable," "degradable," "decomposable," or as otherwise specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, requires a manufacturer or supplier of plastic products making an environmental marketing claim relating to the recycled content of a plastic food container product to maintain specified information and documentation in written form in its records in support of that claim. Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty by a city, county, or the state for a violation of those provisions. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294&version=20170AB129499INT) 2. **04/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294&version=20170AB129498AMD) 3. **10/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294&version=20170AB129496CHP) 4. **AB1294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294) 5. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294&version=20170AB129497ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Berman — primary (person) - Acosta — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. - **2017-03-13** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-20** Coauthors revised. - **2017-03-24** Coauthors revised. - **2017-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1394.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-06-29** From Consent Calendar. - **2017-06-29** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hill. - **2017-09-12** From inactive file. - **2017-09-12** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2937.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2017-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 664, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950cf31c-03e3-4cee-8430-d062fe9a6521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).