Connecticut SB 147: AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY ON THE NEED FOR EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS AND INCLUDING AEROSOL PAINTS UNDER THE PAINT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

Bill Text

Substitute Senate Bill No. 147 
 
Public Act No. 26-107 
 
 
AN  ACT  CONCERNING  THE  INCLUSION  OF  AEROSOL  PAINTS 
UNDER THE PAINT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 22a-904 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 
For purposes of this section and section 22a-904a, as amended by this 
act: 
(1) "Architectural  paint"  means  interior  and  exterior  architectural 
coatings sold in containers of five gallons or less. "Architectural paint" 
does not include industrial, original equipment or specialty coatings. 
(2) "Distributor" means a company that has a contractual relationship 
with  one  or  more  producers  to  market  and  sell [architectural] paint 
products to retailers in this state. 
(3) "Environmentally    sound    management    practices"    means 
procedures  for  the  collection,  storage,  transportation,  reuse,  recycling 
and  disposal  of [architectural] paint [, to  be  implemented  by  the 
representative   organization   or   such   representative   organization's 
contracted partners to ensure compliance] products, in accordance with 
all applicable federal,  state and local laws, regulations and ordinances 

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and    the    protection    of    human    health    and    the    environment. 
"Environmentally  sound  management  practices"  include,  but  are  not 
limited to, record keeping, the tracking and documenting of the fate of 
postconsumer   paint products in   and   outside   of   this   state,   and 
environmental  liability  coverage  for  professional  services  and  for  the 
operations  of  the  contractors  working  on  behalf  of [the  representative 
organization] a paint stewardship program. 
(4) "Energy recovery" means the process by which all or a portion of 
solid waste materials are processed or combusted in order to utilize the 
heat  content  or  other  forms  of  energy  derived  from  such  solid  waste 
materials. 
(5) "Paint stewardship assessment"  means the amount added to the 
purchase price of [architectural] paint products sold in this state that is 
necessary  to  cover  the  cost  of  collecting,  transporting  and  processing 
postconsumer  paint products by [the] a representative  organization 
pursuant to [the] a paint stewardship program. 
(6) "Postconsumer paint" means [architectural] any paint product that 
is not used and that is no longer wanted by a purchaser of [architectural] 
a paint product. 
(7) "Producer"  means  a  manufacturer  of [architectural] any paint 
product who  sells,  offers  for  sale,  distributes  or  contracts  to  distribute 
[architectural] a paint product in this state. 
(8) "Recycling"  means  any  process  by  which  discarded  products, 
components  and  by-products  are  transformed  into  new,  usable  or 
marketable  materials  in  a  manner  in  which  the  original  products  may 
lose their identity. "Recycling" does not include energy recovery. 
(9) "Retailer"  means  any  person  who  offers [architectural] paint 
products for sale at retail in this state. 

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(10) "Reuse" means the return of a product into the economic stream 
for  use  in  the  same  kind  of  application  as  the  product  was  originally 
intended to be used, without a change in the product's identity. 
(11) "Commissioner"   means   the   Commissioner   of   Energy   and 
Environmental Protection. 
(12) "Sell"  or  "sale"  means  any  transfer  of  title  for  consideration 
including,  but  not  limited  to,  remote  sales  conducted  through  sales 
outlets, catalogues, the Internet or any other similar electronic means. 
(13) "Representative    organization"    means [the] a nonprofit 
organization created by producers to implement the paint stewardship 
program described in section 22a-904a, as amended by this act. 
(14) "Department"    means    the    Department    of    Energy    and 
Environmental Protection. 
(15)   "Aerosol   coating   product"   means   any   pressurized   coating 
product  that  contains  pigments  or  resins  dispensed  by  means  of  a 
propellant  and  that  is  packaged  and  sold  in  a  disposable  aerosol 
container for handheld application or for use in specialized equipment 
for  ground  traffic  or  marking  applications.  "Aerosol  coating  product" 
does  not  include  any paint  thinner,  paint remover,  graffiti remover  or 
caulking compound that contains no appreciable level of opaque fillers 
or pigments. 
(16)  "Paint  product"  or  "paint"  means  any  architectural  paint  or 
aerosol coating product. "Paint product" or "paint" does not include any 
health and beauty product. 
Sec.  2.  Section  22a-904a  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 
following is substituted