20250AB__082394ENR INTRODUCED 2025-02-19 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-04-09 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-04-21 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-04-24 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-05-23 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-06-02 PASSED_SENATE 2025-09-03 ENROLLED 2025-09-05 2025 AB ENR Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner (Coauthor: Senator Gonzalez) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Boerner COAUTHOR SENATE Gonzalez

An act to amend Sections and of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. solid waste Solid waste: plastic microbeads: plastic glitter. The Plastic Microbeads Nuisance Prevention Law prohibits a person, as defined, from selling or offering for promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing plastic microbeads that are used to exfoliate or cleanse in a rinse-off product, including, but not limited to, toothpaste. Existing law exempts a product containing less than one part per million (ppm) by weight of plastic microbeads from the prohibition.

The Plastic Microbeads Nuisance Prevention Law imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day for each violation of the prohibition, as provided, and authorizes the Attorney General and local officials to enforce the prohibition.

This bill would, on and after January 1, 2029, prohibit a person from selling, offering for sale, distributing, or offering for promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing plastic glitter, or a personal care product in a non-rinse-off product or a cleaning product containing one ppm or more by weight of plastic microbeads that are used as an abrasive, as specified.

The bill would authorize, until January 1, 2030, a person to continue to sell, offer for sale, distribute, or offer for promotional purposes in this state an existing stock of personal care products containing plastic glitter, as specified. By adding these prohibitions to the Plastic Microbeads Nuisance Prevention Law, the bill would impose the civil penalty for violations of these prohibitions. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 42361. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Cleaning product” has the same meaning as “designated product” in

Section of the Health and Safety Code. (b) “Person” means an individual, business, or other entity. (c) “Personal care product” means an

article intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced to, or otherwise applied to, the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and an

article intended for use as a component of that type of article. (d) “Personal care product” does not include a prescription drug, as defined in

Section 110010.2 of the Health and Safety Code. (e) “Plastic microbead” means an intentionally added solid plastic particle measuring five millimeters or less in every dimension. SEC. 2.

Section of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 42362. (

a) A person shall not sell or offer for promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing plastic microbeads that are used to exfoliate or cleanse in a rinse-off product, including, but not limited to, toothpaste. (

b) On and after January 1, 2029, a person shall not sell, offer for sale, distribute, or offer for promotional purposes in this state any of the following:

(1) A personal care product containing plastic microbeads that are used as an abrasive to clean, exfoliate, or polish, in a non-rinse-off product.

(2) A cleaning product containing plastic microbeads that are used as an abrasive to clean, exfoliate, or polish.

(3) A personal care product containing plastic glitter. (

c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a person, until January 1, 2030, may continue to sell, offer for sale, distribute, or offer for promotional purposes in this state an existing stock of personal care products containing plastic glitter that were acquired and transported into the state before January 1, 2029.