Product safety: textile articles: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Existing law prohibits, beginning January 1, 2023, any person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the state any food packaging that contains regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, as defined, and requires a manufacturer to use the least toxic alternative when replacing regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS in food packaging to comply with this requirement. Existing law similarly prohibits, beginning July 1, 2023, a person from selling or distributing in commerce in this state any new, not previously owned, juvenile product, as defined, that contains regulated PFAS chemicals.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 1817
California AB 1817 (20212022)
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Product safety: textile articles: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
California AB 1817 (20212022) — Product safety: textile articles: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Existing law prohibits, beginning January 1, 2023, any person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the state any food packaging that contains regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, as defined, and requires a manufacturer to use the least toxic alternative when replacing regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS in food packaging to comply with this requirement. Existing law similarly prohibits, beginning July 1, 2023, a person from selling or distributing in commerce in this state any new, not previously owned, juvenile product, as defined, that contains regulated PFAS chemicals.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1817 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–2 (pass) · lower
AB 1817 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 52–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1817 Ting et al. By McGuire — 28–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Ting — primary (person)
Bloom — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — author (person)
Friedman — principal coauthor (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Stone — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2022-02-18 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2022-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2022-03-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-03-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4604.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 2. Page 4816.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2022-06-10 6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
2022-06-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 5206.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 2.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f86503e3-154d-49a7-9fa9-2198a130a113. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).