Bill Text: CA AB2513 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Gas stoves and ranges: warning label.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-09-27 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2513 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2513-Amended.html
Bill Title: Gas stoves and ranges: warning label.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-09-27 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2513 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2513-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
April 03, 2024 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2513
| Introduced by Assembly Member Pellerin (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Friedman) |
February 13, 2024 |
An act to add Article 1.2 (commencing with Section 108530) to Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to gas stoves.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2513, as amended, Pellerin.
Gas stoves and ranges: warning label.
Existing law sets forth various health and safety requirements and prohibitions, including product safety label requirements.
This bill would prohibit a person from selling, attempting to sell, or offering to sell to a consumer in this state a gas stove, as defined, that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2025, unless the gas stove bears a label that sets forth a specified statement relating to air pollutants that can be released by gas stoves and that is attached to the gas stove in a conspicuous location, among other requirements.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Article 1.2 (commencing with Section 108530) is added to Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:Article 1.2. Gas Stoves and Ranges: Warning Label
108530.
For purposes of this chapter, a “gas stove” means a household natural gas stove or range that is used for food preparation and provides at least one of the following functions:(a) Surface cooking.
(b) Oven cooking.
(c) Broiling.
108531.
(a) A person shall not sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in this state a gas stove that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2025, unless a label on the gas stove bears the following statement:WARNING: A gas stove or oven range in use can release nitrogen dioxide and dioxide, carbon monoxide monoxide, and benzene
inside homes at levels rates that lead to concentrations exceeding the standards of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s standards Agency for outdoor air quality. The presence of Breathing these pollutants may
can exacerbate preexisting respiratory illnesses or lead to the development of and increase the risk of developing leukemia and asthma, especially in children. To lower help reduce the risk of breathing in these harmful gases, allow ventilation in the area and turn on a vent hood when gas-powered stoves and ranges are in use.
(b) The label described in
subdivision (a) shall be attached to the gas stove in a conspicuous location. The label shall be in a type size and font no smaller than the largest type size and font used for other consumer information on the product.
