CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 872Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 19, 2025 An act relating to hazardous materials.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 872, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Hazardous materials: green chemistry: consumer products.The hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the handling and management of hazardous materials and hazardous waste. Existing law, known as the Green Chemistry Program, requires the department to adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products that may be considered as being chemicals of concern. The departments Safer Consumer Products Program implements the Green Chemistry Program pursuant to regulations adopted by the department known as the Safer Consumer Products Regulations.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to authorize the department to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program, require the department, in implementing the use controls, to prioritize actions according to risk, as specified, and to require the department to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.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 subsequent legislation to do all of the following:(a) Authorize the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program (Chapter 55 (commencing with Section 69501) of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations).(b) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in implementing the use controls described in subdivision (a), to prioritize actions according to risk, as determined by the Green Ribbon Science Panel established pursuant to Section 25254 of the Health and Safety Code.(c) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 872Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 19, 2025 An act relating to hazardous materials.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 872, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Hazardous materials: green chemistry: consumer products.The hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the handling and management of hazardous materials and hazardous waste. Existing law, known as the Green Chemistry Program, requires the department to adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products that may be considered as being chemicals of concern. The departments Safer Consumer Products Program implements the Green Chemistry Program pursuant to regulations adopted by the department known as the Safer Consumer Products Regulations.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to authorize the department to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program, require the department, in implementing the use controls, to prioritize actions according to risk, as specified, and to require the department to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 872
Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 19, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
February 19, 2025
An act relating to hazardous materials.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 872, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Hazardous materials: green chemistry: consumer products.
The hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the handling and management of hazardous materials and hazardous waste. Existing law, known as the Green Chemistry Program, requires the department to adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products that may be considered as being chemicals of concern. The departments Safer Consumer Products Program implements the Green Chemistry Program pursuant to regulations adopted by the department known as the Safer Consumer Products Regulations.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to authorize the department to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program, require the department, in implementing the use controls, to prioritize actions according to risk, as specified, and to require the department to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.
The hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the handling and management of hazardous materials and hazardous waste. Existing law, known as the Green Chemistry Program, requires the department to adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products that may be considered as being chemicals of concern. The departments Safer Consumer Products Program implements the Green Chemistry Program pursuant to regulations adopted by the department known as the Safer Consumer Products Regulations.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to authorize the department to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program, require the department, in implementing the use controls, to prioritize actions according to risk, as specified, and to require the department to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to do all of the following:(a) Authorize the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program (Chapter 55 (commencing with Section 69501) of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations).(b) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in implementing the use controls described in subdivision (a), to prioritize actions according to risk, as determined by the Green Ribbon Science Panel established pursuant to Section 25254 of the Health and Safety Code.(c) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.
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 subsequent legislation to do all of the following:(a) Authorize the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program (Chapter 55 (commencing with Section 69501) of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations).(b) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in implementing the use controls described in subdivision (a), to prioritize actions according to risk, as determined by the Green Ribbon Science Panel established pursuant to Section 25254 of the Health and Safety Code.(c) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to do all of the following:(a) Authorize the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program (Chapter 55 (commencing with Section 69501) of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations).(b) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in implementing the use controls described in subdivision (a), to prioritize actions according to risk, as determined by the Green Ribbon Science Panel established pursuant to Section 25254 of the Health and Safety Code.(c) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to do all of the following:
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(a) Authorize the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to implement use controls on nonessential consumer products under the Safer Consumer Products Program (Chapter 55 (commencing with Section 69501) of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations).
(b) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in implementing the use controls described in subdivision (a), to prioritize actions according to risk, as determined by the Green Ribbon Science Panel established pursuant to Section 25254 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) Require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to coordinate, when feasible, with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use information reported to that agency.