California Plastics Act

Seventeen Republican attorneys general, led by Nebraska's Mike Hilgers, sued California over its single-use plastics law, alleging it will raise consumer costs and violate the Commerce Clause. The law requires plastic producers to reduce single-use plastic by 25% and ensure all packaging is recyclable or compostable by 2032.

Seventeen Republican attorneys general, led by Nebraska's Mike Hilgers, sued California over its Plastics Act, which mandates reducing single-use plastics and ensuring recyclable or compostable packaging by 2032. The lawsuit claims the law will increase consumer costs and violates the Commerce Clause by interfering with interstate commerce. California appointed the nonprofit Circular Action Alliance to help implement the law.