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Assembly committee passes ban on single‑use disposable vapes to appropriations amid enforcement concerns
Summary
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee voted to pass AB 762 (Erwin) as amended to the appropriations committee. The bill would ban sales of single‑use disposable vaping devices to reduce lithium‑ion battery fires at waste facilities; supporters cited firefighter and waste‑worker safety while opponents warned it could expand the illicit market and hurt medical cannabis users.
Assemblymember Erwin’s AB 762, which would ban the sale and distribution of single‑use disposable vaping devices in California, cleared the Assembly Business and Professions Committee on a vote to send the measure as amended to the Committee on Appropriations.
Erwin, the bill’s author, told the committee the devices are designed without charging ports so a battery and device are discarded after roughly a week, and argued that nonremovable lithium‑ion batteries in disposables pose a significant fire risk to waste‑handling facilities and first responders. "Lithium ion batteries and vapes are highly flammable," Erwin said during his presentation, and added that local governments and ratepayers shoulder the costs…
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