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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 15

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Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)

Drugs Environmental protection Industrial development Ordinance Sales Sales tax Trade practice

  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 generally prohibits, with certain exceptions, the manufacture of a

personal care product containing microbeads (small, non-biodegradable plastic

particles) beginning December 31, 2017. "Personal care product" is defined in the

bill. The bill also prohibits, with certain exceptions, accepting a personal care

product containing microbeads for sale beginning December 31, 2018.

The bill creates different effective dates for these prohibitions for

over-the-counter drugs. "Over-the-counter drug" is also defined in the bill. Under

this bill, a person may not manufacture a personal care product that is an

over-the-counter drug containing microbeads beginning December 31, 2018, and

may not accept such a product for sale beginning December 31, 2019. This bill does

not apply to the manufacture or sale of prescription drugs.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Allen (R) , Born (R) , Czaja (R) , Danou (D) , Doyle (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Heaton (R) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Mason (D) , Meyers (D) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stuck (D) , Swearingen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Weatherston (R)

15 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Billings (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Farrow (R) , Harsdorf (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Miller (D) , Nerison (R) , Olsen (R) , Spreitzer and Barca , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 17, 2015 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. Jan 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Czaja, Kitchens, Mason, Born, E. Brooks, Danou, Doyle, Heaton, Johnson, Kolste, Krug, Kulp, T. Larson, Macco, Meyers, A. Ott, Quinn, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Spiros, Steffen, Swearingen, Thiesfeldt, VanderMeer, Kahl, Milroy, Stuck, Sinicki, Murphy, Weatherston and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Olsen, Harsdorf, Miller, L. Taylor, Lassa, Darling, Farrow, Erpenbach, Vinehout and Carpenter

  2. Jan 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry

  3. Jan 28, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Nerison added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 29, 2015 · Assembly

    Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 2, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 2, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Feb 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Feb 17, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 17, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  12. Apr 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-14-2015 by Committee on Rules

  13. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Representatives Spreitzer and Barca added as coauthors

  14. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  15. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1