The "Electronic Waste Recycling Law" passed by California AB48 & AB218 in 2003 stipulates that "specific electronic equipment" that does not meet the four heavy metal contents in the EU RoHS directive and is prohibited from being sold in the EU (diagonal measurement display screen ≧4 inches electronic devices) and are prohibited from sale in California. On December 4, 2006, California House of Representatives member Lori Saldana proposed the AB 48 bill to expand the scope of control of "specific electronic equipment" to consumer electronics products that are consistent with the EU RoHS directive. Including: equipment that must operate on electric current or electromagnetic field, or equipment that generates, converts, or measures electric current or electromagnetic field; equipment defined in Article 2 of the EU 2002/96/EC (WEEE) directive; AC power less than 1,000 volts and DC power less than 1,500 volts Equipment; and equipment defined in Article 2.1 of the EU RoHS Directive. The AB 48 bill stipulates that electronic equipment that cannot be sold in the European Union is also prohibited from being sold in California. This bill passed the third reading of the House of Representatives on September 11, 2007, and passed Assembly Concurrence on September 12, 2007. However, it was vetoed by the California governor on October 13, 2007, on the grounds that it would be difficult to implement and would bring bad results. In early 2008, California House of Representatives Congressman Joe Simitian proposed AB218, a bill with similar restrictions as AB48. This new bill will be introduced in early April
