SB-1167 (Blakespear): Single-use drinking vessel dine-in prohibition
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Legislation Details
Bill Name: Solid waste: single-use drinking vessels
Bill Number: SB-1167
Bill Author(s): Senator Catherine Blakespear
Legislative Session / Year: 2024
State: California
AVFCA Position: Support
Bill Synopsis: This bill would prohibit a chain restaurant from serving or offering for sale a beverage in a single-use vessel (a cup, mug, or container that is used to hold a hot or cold beverage that is not sufficiently durable or washable to allow multiple uses or that is disposed of after a single use) to a customer that is dining or consuming the beverage on the premises.
LegInfo Bill Link: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1167
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Effective Date if Passed: 01/01/2025
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Contact Senator Catherine Blakespear
- Take Action Before 12 pm on Wednesday, April 10!
- Submit a letter of support to the Legislative Portal on behalf of your organization, and encourage other organizations to do the same. These are due before 12 pm on Wednesday, April 10:
- Write a brief letter in your own words asking the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality to Support SB 1167. This does not need to be more than a few sentences stating “I Support SB 1167 because ….”. Be sure to put your letter on your organization’s letterhead and sign it, so that it gets recognized.
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BILL STATUS
Introduced
BILL STATUS DETAIL
April 17 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 2.) (04/17/24).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. (04/04/24).
Set for hearing April 17 (03/12/24).
Referred to Com. on E.Q. (02/21/24).
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16 (02/15/24).
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print (02/14/24).
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