AB 513 (Leiber) – PDBE prohibition – Two-Year Bill
This bill would ban the manufacture, process, or distribution in commerce of a product, as defined, containing more than 0.1% of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE). This bill would become effective on January 1, 2011.

AB 515 (Leiber) – Permissible Exposure Limits – Two-year bill
This bill would require the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to revise its Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) rulemaking process. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) would be required to come up with a recommended PEL, and the board would have to overcome a rebuttable presumption to deviate from the OEHHA PEL.

AB 558 (Feuer) – Toxic Use Reduction – Two-year bill
This bill seeks to implement a Toxic Use Reduction Program in California by essentially mimicking the program implemented in Massachusetts.

AB 706 (Leno) – Fire Retardants – Two-Year Bill
This bill would ban Brominated Fire Retardants and Chlorinated Fire Retardants from all bedding, seating and furniture products.

AB 820 (Karnette) – Polystyrene – Two-Year Bill
This bill would have prohibited any state entity from using polystyrene foodservice containers.

AB 888 (Lieu) –Commercial Green Building Standards – Vetoed
This bill would have required new commercial buildings larger than 50,000 square feet be designed, constructed, and operated, to meet the applicable standards described in the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold rating or its equivalent.

AB 904 (Feuer) – Recyclable Food Containers – Two-Year Bill
This bill would prohibit “take-out food providers” from using products that are not recyclable or compostable.

AB 1058 (Laird) – Residential Green Building Standards - Vetoed
This bill would have required the Department of Housing and Community Development, by July 1, 2009, to develop green building standards for residential occupancies, and submit them to the Building Standards Commission for review, adoption, approval, and publication.

SB 291 (Simitian) – Green Chemistry – Two-Year Bill
This bill would authorize the Director of Toxic Substances Control to establish the California Design for the Environment Program, to provide a forum for soliciting comments about green chemistry, green engineering, and design for the environment from a broad range of participants from academia and nongovernmental organizations, with expertise and interest in sustainability and green chemistry.

SB 509 (Simitian) – Formaldehyde Prohibition – Two-Year Bill
This bill would ban the use of formaldehyde in wood products. After it failed passage in Senate Appropriations Committee it was amended to require a manufacturer or wholesaler of a consumer product to provide a notice that lists all substances, identified by a number or other unique identifier, that are contained in that product by more than a specified percentage, by posting that information on the manufacturer's or wholesaler's Web site.

SB 578 (Simitian) – High Production Volume Chemicals – Two-Year Bill
This bill would require a manufacturer of a high production volume chemical to submit to the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in an electronic format specified by the department, any environmental health information that the manufacturer previously submitted to the Very High Production Volume Challenge Program conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency or to any foreign government.

SB 899 (Simitian) – Toxic Free Oceans Act – Two-Year Bill
This bill would enact the Toxic Free Oceans Act of 2007. It would prohibit a person from manufacturing, processing, or distributing in commerce plastic packaging containing toxic materials.

SB 973 (Simitian) – Chemicals of Concern – Two-Year Bill
This bill would require a manufacturer or distributor of a chemical identified on a specified posted list of chemicals of concern, who sells or uses that chemical in this state, to provide the Department of Public Health, by a specified date, information determined by the department that concerns the sale and use of that listed chemical by that manufacturer or distributor in this state.

SB 974 (Lowenthal) – Container Tax – Two-Year Bill
This bill would assess a fee on the owner of any cargo moving through the ports of Los Angeles of Oakland. The owner would be charge $30 for each twenty-foot equivalent.