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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Environmental advertising: recycling symbol: recyclability: products and packaging."
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description: "(1) Existing law declares that it is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, should be substantiated by competent and reliable evidence to prevent deceiving or misleading consumers about the environmental impact of plastic products and that, for consumers to have accurate and useful information about the environmental impact of plastic products, environmental marketing claims should adhere to uniform and recognized standards."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 343"
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citation: "California SB 343 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Environmental advertising: recycling symbol: recyclability: products and packaging."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2021-02-09"
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last_action: "2021-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c45f963-3bed-496b-b2fe-293828a14fbf"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343"
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source_hash: "2faa92fc2f408386123a01126314ae7bbd0a48109c93aeb95b7a535db4f61b47"
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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 SB 343 (20212022) — Environmental advertising: recycling symbol: recyclability: products and packaging.
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(1) Existing law declares that it is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, should be substantiated by competent and reliable evidence to prevent deceiving or misleading consumers about the environmental impact of plastic products and that, for consumers to have accurate and useful information about the environmental impact of plastic products, environmental marketing claims should adhere to uniform and recognized standards.
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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. **02/09/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34399INT)
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2. **03/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34398AMD)
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3. **04/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34397AMD)
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4. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34396AMD)
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5. **06/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34395AMD)
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6. **06/28/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34394AMD)
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7. **07/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34393AMD)
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8. **08/31/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34392AMD)
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9. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34390CHP)
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10. **SB343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343)
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11. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343&version=20210SB34391ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB343 Allen et al. Concurrence — **29–7** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB343 Allen et al. — **31–6** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 343 Allen Senate Third Reading By Lorena Gonzalez — **50–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
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- Caballero — coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Eggman — coauthor (person)
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- Friedman — principal coauthor (person)
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- Glazer — coauthor (person)
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- Lorena Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
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- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
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- Mullin — coauthor (person)
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- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Wood — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2021-02-17** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Set for hearing March 15.
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- **2021-03-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 500.) (March 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 6.
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- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 686.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1188.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-10** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2021-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 3. Page 2939.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2556.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 507, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/8c45f963-3bed-496b-b2fe-293828a14fbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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