---
type: "Bill"
title: "State agency: public contracts."
description: "Existing law requires each state agency to ensure that at least 50% of reportable purchases, which are goods and materials that may be reported or categorized within a specified product category, are recycled products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2675"
citation: "California AB 2675 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State agency: public contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4c6dbdc-a4da-45f3-9462-942b22c8a3c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2675"
source_hash: "0ca08c19626fb47760314339d0c6a7cff95888f2e750ac28bffcfc48a9e62b65"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2675 (20132014) — State agency: public contracts.

Existing law requires each state agency to ensure that at least 50% of reportable purchases, which are goods and materials that may be reported or categorized within a specified product category, are recycled products.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2675&version=20130AB267599INT)
2. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2675&version=20130AB267598AMD)
3. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2675&version=20130AB267596CHP)
4. **AB2675** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2675)
5. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2675&version=20130AB267597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2675 Lowenthal By DeSaulnier — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 2675 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **51–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 2675 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **52–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 23. Page 5303.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-08-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 4900.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6646.)
- **2014-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 6665.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4c6dbdc-a4da-45f3-9462-942b22c8a3c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).