BILL NUMBER: AB 703	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 25256.1 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to hazardous materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 703, as introduced, Hall. Hazardous materials: chemicals of
concern: data evaluation.
   Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control
to adopt regulations that establish a process to identify and
prioritize chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products,
that may be considered a chemical of concern establish a process for
evaluating chemicals of concern in consumer products and their
potential alternatives for the purposes of limiting exposure or to
reduce the level of hazard posed by chemicals of concern, and specify
a range of regulatory responses that the department may take
following the evaluation. Existing law requires to department to
establish a Toxics Information Clearinghouse and requires the Office
of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to evaluate and specify the
hazard traits, and environmental and toxicological end-point data to
be included in the clearinghouse.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision
requiring the office to evaluate and specify data to be included in
the Clearinghouse.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25256.1 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   25256.1.  On or before January 1, 2011, the office shall evaluate
and specify the hazard traits  and   , the 
environmental and toxicological end-points  ,  and any
other relevant data that  are to   shall 
be included in the clearinghouse. The office shall conduct this
evaluation in consultation with the department and all appropriate
state agencies, after  conducting  one or more public
workshops, and  providing  an opportunity for all interested
parties to comment. The office may seek information from other
states, the federal government, and other nations in implementing
this section.