Sept. 30 US: Gatto’s Prop 65 reform bill likely to be law

This article is brought to you by the Glendale News-Press.

 

 

AB 227, which passed the Assembly state Senate with unanimous votes, modifies a voter-approved law that requires establishments to post “clear and reasonable” warnings if the public is at risk of being exposed to chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects.

 

That includes restaurants that serve alcohol, which frequently find themselves at the receiving end of “shakedown” lawsuits that are filed, proponents of change say, with the intent of extracting settlements to make the litigation go away. The law allows members of the public to sue for up to $2,500 for each day the signage isn’t properly displayed.

 

Gatto’s bill gives business owners a two-week period to post the correct signage before they can be sued.

 

 

For the full article and more information please refer to the Glendale New-Press link above. If you need assistance with bringing your chemical products into compliance with Prop 65 please contact Nexreg directly, and we would be happy to assist you.