CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 54Introduced by Senators Allen and WienerDecember 11, 2018 An act relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 54, as introduced, Allen. Single-use plastic waste: reduction.The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste, including, among other solid waste, single-use plastic straws.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in cleanup costs.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in clean up costs. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 54Introduced by Senators Allen and WienerDecember 11, 2018 An act relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 54, as introduced, Allen. Single-use plastic waste: reduction.The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste, including, among other solid waste, single-use plastic straws.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in cleanup costs.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 54 Introduced by Senators Allen and WienerDecember 11, 2018 Introduced by Senators Allen and Wiener December 11, 2018 An act relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 54, as introduced, Allen. Single-use plastic waste: reduction. The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste, including, among other solid waste, single-use plastic straws.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in cleanup costs. The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste, including, among other solid waste, single-use plastic straws. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in cleanup costs. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in clean up costs. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in clean up costs. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in clean up costs. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste entering Californias waste stream, polluting our oceans, littering our local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in clean up costs. ### SECTION 1.