HB 1168 - DIGEST

Finds that: (1) Cleaning products are necessary for creating and maintaining sanitary conditions in state facilities and workplaces; and

(2) The adoption of practices to select, procure, and use environmentally preferred products will benefit the environment and the health and safety of workers and visitors to state facilities.

Requires all state agencies that purchase cleaning products or services to: (1) Ensure that cleaning products have properties that minimize potential impacts to human health and the environment consistent with maintenance of the effectiveness of these products for the protection of public health and safety;

(2) Purchase environmentally preferred products or document the reasons for selecting nonpreferred products;

(3) Prepare and submit a report electronically to the department of general administration biennially listing the amount and type of cleaning product used; and

(4) Transition to cleaning products having properties that minimize potential impacts to human health and the environment within six months of the effective date of this act in a manner that avoids waste of existing inventories, accommodates establishment of supply chains for new products, enables the training of personnel in appropriate work practices, and allows the phase out of products and practices inconsistent with this act.

Encourages local governments and school districts to review their purchasing and use of cleaning products and select those having properties that minimize potential impacts to human health and the environment consistent with this act.