Status: Status:06/25/2007-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
Existing law makes various findings related to the toxicity of certain fire retardants containing chemicals known as brominated fire retardants (BFRs) and chlorinated fire retardants (CFRs), and prohibits a person from manufacturing, processing, or distributing a flame-retardant part of a product containing more than one-tenth of 1% of prescribed retardants. This bill would revise and extend the findings relating to fire retardants, and would, commencing January 1, 2010, require all seating, bedding, and furniture products to comply with certain requirements, including, but not limited to, the requirement that they not contain brominated fire retardants or chlorinated fire retardants, as defined. It would also require the Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation to enforce these provisions. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Watch
Status: Status:06/25/2007-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
The State Fireworks Law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations relating to fireworks as may be necessary for the protection of life and property, and requires the State Fire Marshal to appoint deputies and employees as may be required to carry out the provisions of that law. That law provides that the State Fire Marshal, his or her salaried deputies, or a chief of a fire department, or his or her authorized representatives, a fire protection agency, or any other public agency authorized by statute to enforce the State Fire Marshal's regulations, may seize any fireworks, as described, and may charge a person whose fireworks are seized with specified costs of transporting, storing, and handling the seized fireworks. That law also makes it unlawful for a person to, among other matters, transport fireworks unless those fireworks have been classified and registered by the State Fire Marshal. This bill would make it unlawful for a person to possess a specified amount of dangerous fireworks, and upon conviction, is guilty of a public offense punishable by a fine or by imprisonment, as specified. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal, on or before July 1, 2008, to identify and evaluate specified data relating to fireworks. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal, in conjunction with the Attorney General, to send notices regarding unauthorized shipments of fireworks in California, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Support