By Senator Blakespear

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• Factsheet

• Read Governor Newsom's veto message

• NSAC's Press Release

• Would have required the producer of pyrotechnic distress flares to fund and operate a collection system to manage expired or unwanted flares, shifting the costs of managing this product from our cities and counties - and ultimately local ratepayers - to the producers/users. 

By Senator Allen

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• Factsheet

• Read NSAC's Press Release

• Read Senator Allen's Press Release

• Expands the scope of the existing PaintCare program in CA to include covered paint products and would no longer limit the program to architectural paint and instead would include all paint including that used on boats, furniture paint, chaulkboard paint, etc.

• These changes would not take effect until 1/1/2027, or the approved stewardship plan’s implementation date for those products, whichever occurs sooner. 

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By Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry and Senator Dodd

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• Summary of Amendments

• NSAC's Press Release

• Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry's Press Release

• This bill will improve CA’s carpet recycling program’s governance to include CA stakeholders, sets recycled closed loop carpet-to-carpet standards, creates a mandatory sorting requirement, and increases penalties for non-compliance.

By Senators Allen and Min

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• Read Governor Newsom's veto message​

• Would have required all electric vehicle traction batteries, as defined, sold with motor vehicles in the state to be recovered and reused, repurposed, remanufactured, or recycled at the end of their useful life in a motor vehicle or any other application. The bill would also require a vehicle manufacturer, dealer, automobile dismantler, automotive repair dealer, and nonvehicle secondary user to be responsible for ensuring the responsible end-of-life management of an electric vehicle traction battery once it is removed from a vehicle or other application to which the electric vehicle traction battery has been used. The bill would include a related statement of legislative findings and declarations and a statement of policy regarding end-of-life management of electric vehicle traction batteries.

By Senator Newman

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• Requires producers, either independently or through the creation of one or more stewardship organizations, to establish a stewardship program for the collection and recycling of a covered product. This bill would define a “covered product” to include any apparel, textile, or textile article that is unsuitable for reuse by a consumer in its current state or condition, as defined.

By Senator Laird

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• Prohibits the sale of non-refillable propane cylinders starting January 1, 2028.