Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic bag or a plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as "compostable" or "marine degradable" unless that plastic bag or container meets certain American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard specifications or a standard adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic bag or plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as "biodegradable," "degradable," "decomposable," or as otherwise specified. Existing law requires a manufacturer of a compostable plastic bag meeting specified standards to ensure that the compostable plastic bag is "readily and easily identifiable." Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty for a violation of these prohibitions.
California SB 567 (20112012) — Recycling: plastic products.
Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic bag or a plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as "compostable" or "marine degradable" unless that plastic bag or container meets certain American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard specifications or a standard adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic bag or plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as "biodegradable," "degradable," "decomposable," or as otherwise specified. Existing law requires a manufacturer of a compostable plastic bag meeting specified standards to ensure that the compostable plastic bag is "readily and easily identifiable." Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty for a violation of these prohibitions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 10–5 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB567 DeSaulnier Concurrence — 26–14 (pass) · upper
SB 567 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — 51–26 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
DeSaulnier — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2011-03-22 Set for hearing April 4.
2011-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 543.) (April 4). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-13 Set for hearing May 2.
2011-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 846.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 1242.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (July 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-09-01 Read third time and amended. (Page 2770.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 2987.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2414.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2011-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da796fe0-cc25-42a3-b831-3a9b1428be41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).