---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste: used mattresses: recycling and recovery."
description: "Existing law requires a retailer of various specified products, such as rechargeable batteries and cellular telephones, sold in the state to have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of those products for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "California SB 254 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste: used mattresses: recycling and recovery."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/117df5c8-4aef-4f91-8337-0f8a2d0408ba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254"
source_hash: "9c11a67f1f37f493f73cdf35cf036cab0b593817908b15b31b19bd05079bac34"
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 SB 254 (20132014) — Solid waste: used mattresses: recycling and recovery.

Existing law requires a retailer of various specified products, such as rechargeable batteries and cellular telephones, sold in the state to have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of those products for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25499INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25498AMD)
3. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25497AMD)
4. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25496AMD)
5. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25495AMD)
6. **08/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25494AMD)
7. **08/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25493AMD)
8. **09/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25492AMD)
9. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25491AMD)
10. **09/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25489CHP)
11. **SB254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254)
12. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB254&version=20130SB25490ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB254 Hancock Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 254 Hancock Senate Third Reading By EGGMAN — **66–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Correa — author (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2013-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 565.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2013-04-29** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1009.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 1177.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Page 2956.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 11. Page 3223.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2409.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 388, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/117df5c8-4aef-4f91-8337-0f8a2d0408ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).