republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-2287.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic product in the state that is labeled with the term \"compostable,\" \"home compostable,\" or \"marine degradable\" unless, at the time of sale, the plastic product meets the applicable ASTM standard specification or the Vincotte OK Compost HOME certification, as provided. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product that is labeled as \"biodegradable,\" \"degradable,\" or \"decomposable,\" and prohibits implying that a plastic product will break down, fragment, biodegrade, or decompose in a landfill or other environment, unless the plastic product meets one of several specified standards relating to environmental marketing claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2287"
citation: "California AB 2287 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-14"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc6db1d-dddd-4925-a2a2-3287f8ca911d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2287"
source_hash: "6619cf572d44b7125e4964a59fbf729dab2bb5a26a4bbd052f4b2bbd3cad5b51"
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 2287 (20192020) — Solid waste.

(1) Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic product in the state that is labeled with the term "compostable," "home compostable," or "marine degradable" unless, at the time of sale, the plastic product meets the applicable ASTM standard specification or the Vincotte OK Compost HOME certification, as provided. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product that is labeled as "biodegradable," "degradable," or "decomposable," and prohibits implying that a plastic product will break down, fragment, biodegrade, or decompose in a landfill or other environment, unless the plastic product meets one of several specified standards relating to environmental marketing claims.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2287&version=20190AB228799INT)
2. **05/05/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2287&version=20190AB228798AMD)
3. **06/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2287&version=20190AB228797AMD)
4. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2287&version=20190AB228796AMD)
5. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2287&version=20190AB228794CHP)
6. **AB2287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2287)
7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2287&version=20190AB228795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2287 Eggman Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FRIEDMAN — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2287 Eggman et al. By Galgiani — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2287 Eggman Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)
- Ting — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2020-02-24** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4726.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4434.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5364.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adc6db1d-dddd-4925-a2a2-3287f8ca911d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).