The Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2021, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, requires, until January 1, 2030, each manufacturer of mercury-added thermostats, or group of manufacturers, on or before March 1, 2022, to contract with or retain a qualified third party to develop and implement a convenient, cost-effective, and efficient program for the collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats. The act requires, on or before June 1, 2022, the qualified third party, as defined, to provide to the Department of Toxic Substances Control for review and approval the plan to carry out the program. The act requires each manufacturer, or group of manufacturers, on or before March 30, 2022, and on or before March 30 of each year thereafter until March 30, 2028, to pay to the department an aggregate total of $400,000, as provided, which shall not exceed the department's actual and reasonable regulatory costs to administer, implement, and enforce the act. The act subjects the thermostats of a manufacturer that fails to have a plan submitted by the qualified third party approved by the department, or fails to make a payment required pursuant to the act, to a sales ban, as provided. The act requires, with the exception of the foregoing violations, the department to determine whether a manufacturer, or group of manufacturers, has made a good faith effort, as defined, to comply with the act. The act requires manufacturers, on and after July 1, 2022, to provide collection bins to wholesalers that request them for out-of-service mercury-added thermostats. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime.
California AB 732 (20212022) — Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2021.
The Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2021, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, requires, until January 1, 2030, each manufacturer of mercury-added thermostats, or group of manufacturers, on or before March 1, 2022, to contract with or retain a qualified third party to develop and implement a convenient, cost-effective, and efficient program for the collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats. The act requires, on or before June 1, 2022, the qualified third party, as defined, to provide to the Department of Toxic Substances Control for review and approval the plan to carry out the program. The act requires each manufacturer, or group of manufacturers, on or before March 30, 2022, and on or before March 30 of each year thereafter until March 30, 2028, to pay to the department an aggregate total of $400,000, as provided, which shall not exceed the department's actual and reasonable regulatory costs to administer, implement, and enforce the act. The act subjects the thermostats of a manufacturer that fails to have a plan submitted by the qualified third party approved by the department, or fails to make a payment required pursuant to the act, to a sales ban, as provided. The act requires, with the exception of the foregoing violations, the department to determine whether a manufacturer, or group of manufacturers, has made a good faith effort, as defined, to comply with the act. The act requires manufacturers, on and after July 1, 2022, to provide collection bins to wholesalers that request them for out-of-service mercury-added thermostats. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Quirk — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2021-04-07 In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-01-04 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
2022-01-05 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2022-01-12 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-01-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-01-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 3325.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-01-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-04 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2022-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-23 From Consent Calendar.
2022-06-23 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-10 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5052.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-31 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 742, Statutes of 2022. became-law
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