Date: 02/10/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1144

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH CARE & HUMAN SERVICES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment D). The motion p
Refer House Bill 15-1144, as amended, to the Commi		Pass Without Objection
PASS



02:11 PM -- HB 15-1144

Representative Primavera introduced House Bill 15-1144. The bill prohibits the production, manufacture, or acceptance for sale of personal care products, including over-the counter drugs, that contain synthetic plastic microbeads. She distributed two handouts (Attachments B and C) and Amendment L.001 (Attachment D). She discussed the environmental effects of microbeads that leach into the water system through the products, and responded to questions from the committee regarding the types of products that contain the microbeads and how widespread personal care products that contain microbeads are. She further responded to questions from the committee regarding the bill's provisions related to over-the-counter drugs. She continued to respond to questions from the committee regarding whether the microbeads can harm human health and the effect on wildlife, such as fish, the cost for industry to comply with the bill, and the bill's fine structure.

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02:24 PM -- Cathy Wanstrath, Personal Care Products Council, testified in support of the bill, and noted that the bill's timelines for compliance ensure that manufacturers will have time to reformulate products to comply with the bill. She explained that the bill's fine structure and compliance timeline are consistent with legislation passed in other states. She responded to questions from the committee regarding whether federal legislation on the issue is pending and whether the bill covers prescription medications.

02:41 PM -- Chris Howes, Colorado Retail Council, testified in support of the bill. He noted that the bill creates a long lead-time for manufacturers to finish selling the products that will ultimately be banned.

02:43 PM -- Mary Dichant, Metro Wastewater, described the wastewater services her organization provides. She testified that it is not possible to remove plastic microbeads from water when it is treated at her facility. She responded to questions from the committee about whether technology exists to remove the microbeads from the water supply.

02:51 PM -- Chris Piper, Colorado Water Congress and Denver Water, testified in support of the bill. He discussed how microbeads in the water supply could endanger water restoration projects. He discussed the difficulty in removing the microbeads from wastewater and responded to questions from the committee regarding the danger microbeads pose to fish.

02:58 PM -- Melanie Layton, Consumer Health Products Association, testified in support of the bill and responded to questions from the committee.

03:03 PM -- Betty Iverson, Johnson and Johnson, testified in support of the bill. Representative Ginal noted that a number of other countries have banned microbeads in personal care products. Ms. Iverson responded to questions from the committee regarding the microbeads manufacturing, and whether the bill may cause problems in the distribution chain if other states do not enact similar legislation.

03:11 PM -- Ms. Wanstrath returned to the table to respond to questions from Representative Conti regarding states that are considering similar legislation.

03:18 PM -- Brian Lama, representing himself, testified regarding his concerns with water supplies and quality in the state. He spoke regarding the potential health effects of plastics. He suggested higher penalties for noncompliance, and noted that there shouldn't be any increase costs for the personal care products when microbeads are removed.

03:28 PM -- James Krefft, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.

03:33 PM -- Zoey Dewolf, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, clarified that there are no microbeads in fracking liquids.
BILL:HB15-1144
TIME: 03:34:37 PM
MOVED:Primavera
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Ginal
VOTE
Conti
Danielson
Everett
Ginal
Joshi
Landgraf
Melton
Moreno
Sias
Tyler
Windholz
Singer
Primavera
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:HB15-1144
TIME: 03:35:34 PM
MOVED:Primavera
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1144, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2.
SECONDED:Ginal
VOTE
Conti
Yes
Danielson
Yes
Everett
No
Ginal
Yes
Joshi
No
Landgraf
Yes
Melton
Yes
Moreno
Yes
Sias
Yes
Tyler
Yes
Windholz
Yes
Singer
Yes
Primavera
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS




03:37 PM

The committee adjourned.