Existing law, part of the hazardous waste control law, requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to establish a process by which chemicals or chemical ingredients in products may be identified and prioritized for consideration as being chemicals of concern and to adopt regulations to establish a process by which chemicals of concern may be evaluated. Existing law prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of any bottle or cup that contains bisphenol A, as specified, if the bottle or cup is designed or intended to be filled with any liquid, food, or beverage intended primarily for consumption by children 3 years of age or younger. The prohibition above does not apply to a product subject to a regulatory response by the department as of the date that the department posts a prescribed notice regarding the department's adoption of the regulatory response. Existing law additionally requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternative when replacing bisphenol A in containers and prohibits manufacturers from replacing bisphenol A with chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, as specified.
California SB 1266 (20232024) — Product safety: bisphenol.
Existing law, part of the hazardous waste control law, requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to establish a process by which chemicals or chemical ingredients in products may be identified and prioritized for consideration as being chemicals of concern and to adopt regulations to establish a process by which chemicals of concern may be evaluated. Existing law prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of any bottle or cup that contains bisphenol A, as specified, if the bottle or cup is designed or intended to be filled with any liquid, food, or beverage intended primarily for consumption by children 3 years of age or younger. The prohibition above does not apply to a product subject to a regulatory response by the department as of the date that the department posts a prescribed notice regarding the department's adoption of the regulatory response. Existing law additionally requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternative when replacing bisphenol A in containers and prohibits manufacturers from replacing bisphenol A with chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1266 Limón Senate Third Reading By Boerner — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1266 Limón Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Limón — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2024-02-29 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-03-08 Set for hearing April 3.
2024-04-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3467.) (April 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-11 Set for hearing April 24.
2024-04-18 April 24 hearing postponed by committee.
2024-04-18 Set for hearing April 22.
2024-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3702.) (April 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2024-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4020.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-06-06 Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S. & T.M. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6702.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-28 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2024-08-28 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5566.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-08-29 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 5699.) committee-passage
2024-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5737.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 790, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/229ec88f-e283-420f-b1b2-0bda69a5c4e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).