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Agency-supported Legislation Update
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Financial Impact:
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Background Information:
Below is a list of bills the Agency supported during the 2025/26 Legislative Session.
AB 762 (Irwin and Wilson) - Disposable (single-use) Vape Ban
This bill would ban the sale of disposable (single-use) tobacco vapes in California, beginning January 1, 2028, to address toxic waste and fire hazards from lithium-ion batteries. The bill was enacted on 9/28/2026.
SB 501 (Allen) - Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022: covered batteries
This bill was amended to no longer apply to all household hazardous waste (HHW) and instead to fix an issue with another law, the Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022. That law excluded batteries weighing over 5 kilograms or 300 watt-hours from the definition of a covered battery. The bill would remove the exclusions from the definition of a covered battery for a primary battery and a rechargeable battery and categorize all covered batteries as either a small format battery or a medium format battery. This bill would instead require the stewardship plan to describe how the producer or stewardship organization will provide a certain number of collection sites for small format batteries and medium format batteries, as specified. The bill was enacted on 9/20/2026.
SB 936 (Blakespear) – Nitrous Oxide Ban
Senate Bill 936 bans the sale of nitrous oxide, which is widely used as an illicit recreational inhalant. Aside from serious public health and safety impacts associated with its illicit use as a party drug, large nitrous oxide cylinders are a growing and expensive waste management problem. The bill was enacted on 9/18/2026.
AB 2667 (Hadwick) – Household Hazardous Waste: vape pens
Assembly Bill 2667 seeks to protect children, young adults, and the public by: 1) Banning disguised vapes and vapes containing video...
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