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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waste management: plastic microbeads."
description: "The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from discharging or releasing such a chemical into any source of drinking water, except as specified. Existing law prohibits the sale of expanded polystyrene packaging material by a wholesaler or manufacturer. Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic product in this 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 International standard specification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 888"
citation: "California AB 888 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waste management: plastic microbeads."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dc28ce1-e747-4abe-9b63-02c34a315f50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888"
source_hash: "d2935189ffd73348b782bd856946662c0aaa461c1258e6cb75622c723950752f"
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 888 (20152016) — Waste management: plastic microbeads.
The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from discharging or releasing such a chemical into any source of drinking water, except as specified. Existing law prohibits the sale of expanded polystyrene packaging material by a wholesaler or manufacturer. Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic product in this 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 International standard specification.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888&version=20150AB88899INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888&version=20150AB88898AMD)
3. **04/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888&version=20150AB88897AMD)
4. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888&version=20150AB88896AMD)
5. **09/03/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888&version=20150AB88895AMD)
6. **10/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888&version=20150AB88893CHP)
7. **AB888** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888)
8. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB888&version=20150AB88894ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB888 Bloom By Hueso Reconsider — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB888 Bloom By Hueso — **19–16** (fail) · upper
- AB 888 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **59–12** (pass) · lower
- AB 888 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB888 Bloom By Hueso — **24–14** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bloom — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-16** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 1546.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 19. Noes 16. Page 2483.). `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hueso.
- **2015-09-03** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2483.)
- **2015-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Senate Rule 29.3 (a) suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2506.)
- **2015-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2507.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 2958.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2015-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 594, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dc28ce1-e747-4abe-9b63-02c34a315f50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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