Bill Text: CA AB1212 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hazardous materials: chemicals of concern.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB1212 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1212-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 1212 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Dahle |
February 17, 2017 |
An act to amend Section 25252 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous materials.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1212, as introduced, Dahle.
Hazardous materials: chemicals of concern.
Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt, by January 1, 2011, regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products that may be considered chemicals of concern. These regulations are required to establish an identification and prioritization process that includes specified considerations, including the volume of the chemicals in commerce in the state.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 25252 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:25252.
(a) On or before January 1, 2011, the department shall adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize(1) The volume of the chemical in commerce in this the state.
(2) The potential for exposure to the chemical in a consumer product.
(3) Potential effects on sensitive subpopulations, including infants and children.
(b) (1) In adopting regulations pursuant to this section, the department shall develop criteria by which chemicals and their alternatives may be evaluated. These criteria
shall include, but not be limited to, the traits, characteristics, and endpoints that are included in the clearinghouse data pursuant to Section 25256.1.
(2) In adopting regulations pursuant to this section, the department shall reference and use, to the maximum extent feasible, available information from other nations, governments, and authoritative bodies that have undertaken similar chemical prioritization processes, so as to leverage the work and costs already incurred by those entities and to minimize costs and maximize benefits for the state’s economy.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not require the department, when adopting regulations pursuant to this section, to reference and use only the available information specified in paragraph (2).