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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 405

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prohibiting the manufacture and sale of bottles and cups for children that contain bisphenol A, creating labeling requirements, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits manufacturing or selling at wholesale or retail an empty

bottle or cup intended for use by a child (child's container) if the child's container

contains bisphenol A. A manufacturer or wholesaler must ensure that a child's

container sold or offered for sale in this state is clearly labeled as not containing

bisphenol A. A person who violates the provisions of the bill may be fined up to

$5,000, imprisoned in the county jail for up to one year, or both.

If a court imposes a fine on a person who violates the provisions of the bill, the

court must also impose a surcharge equal to 50 percent of the amount of the fine.

Under the bill, surcharges are appropriated to the Department of Agriculture, Trade

and Consumer Protection for administering and enforcing the provisions of the bill.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to

result if the bill is enacted.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Benedict (D) , Berceau (D) , Black (D) , Brooks (R) , Clark (D) , Cullen (D) , Danou (D) , Hubler (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Molepske Jr. (D) , Parisi (D) , Pasch (D) , Richards (D) , Roys (D) , Soletski (D) , Spanbauer (R) , Steinbrink (D) , Turner (D) , Vruwink (D)

10 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Hansen (D) , Kapanke (R) , Lassa (D) , Lehman (D) , Risser (D) , Robson (D) , Taylor (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Feb 3, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Aug 31, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Roys, Mason, Molepske Jr., Benedict, Brooks, Berceau, Hubler, Cullen, Milroy, Pasch, Turner, Black, Jorgensen, Parisi, Steinbrink, Vruwink, Danou, Soletski, Richards, Spanbauer and Clark;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Carpenter, Kapanke, Hansen, Wirch, Vinehout, Lehman, Robson, Risser and Taylor

  2. Aug 31, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Consumer Protection

  3. Sep 3, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 9, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 9, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Sep 15, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Roys

  7. Nov 6, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Roys

  8. Jan 6, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  9. Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Roys and Barca

  10. Jan 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 2 offered by Representative Roys

  11. Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 2 offered by Representative Roys

  12. Jan 26, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  13. Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  14. Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  15. Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  16. Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  17. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1