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type: "Bill"
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title: "Solid waste: plastic products."
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description: "Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product, as defined, labeled as \"compostable,\" \"home compostable,\" or \"marine degradable\" unless it meets specified ASTM International standard specifications, the OK Compost HOME certification, as specified, or a standard adopted by the department, or unless the plastic product is labeled with a qualified claim for which the department has adopted an existing standard, and the plastic product meets that standard. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product that is labeled as \"biodegradable,\" \"degradable,\" \"decomposable,\" or as otherwise specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, requires a manufacturer or supplier of plastic products making an environmental marketing claim relating to the recycled content of a plastic food container product to maintain specified information and documentation in written form in its records in support of that claim. Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty by a city, county, or the state for a violation of those provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1294"
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citation: "California AB 1294 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Solid waste: plastic products."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950cf31c-03e3-4cee-8430-d062fe9a6521"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294"
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source_hash: "547d2d407b565248a466b5d2a91292abedfcffdc5d9a95db1a1336dde499d859"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1294 (20172018) — Solid waste: plastic products.
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Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product, as defined, labeled as "compostable," "home compostable," or "marine degradable" unless it meets specified ASTM International standard specifications, the OK Compost HOME certification, as specified, or a standard adopted by the department, or unless the plastic product is labeled with a qualified claim for which the department has adopted an existing standard, and the plastic product meets that standard. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic product that is labeled as "biodegradable," "degradable," "decomposable," or as otherwise specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, requires a manufacturer or supplier of plastic products making an environmental marketing claim relating to the recycled content of a plastic food container product to maintain specified information and documentation in written form in its records in support of that claim. Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty by a city, county, or the state for a violation of those provisions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294&version=20170AB129499INT)
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2. **04/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294&version=20170AB129498AMD)
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3. **10/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294&version=20170AB129496CHP)
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4. **AB1294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294)
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5. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1294&version=20170AB129497ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Berman — primary (person)
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- Acosta — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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- **2017-03-13** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-20** Coauthors revised.
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- **2017-03-24** Coauthors revised.
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- **2017-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1394.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-29** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2017-06-29** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hill.
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- **2017-09-12** From inactive file.
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- **2017-09-12** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2017-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2937.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-15** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2017-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 664, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950cf31c-03e3-4cee-8430-d062fe9a6521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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