---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste: single-use carryout bags."
description: "(1) Existing law, until 2020, requires an operator of a store, as defined, to establish an at-store recycling program that provides to customers the opportunity to return clean plastic carryout bags to that store."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "California SB 270 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Solid waste: single-use carryout bags."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5702a0e-c700-40e4-b26b-46d80e137739"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270"
source_hash: "7500bb92868482b8ed2994957b678dc23048c45c92c8367dcfdef4bacc5a101a"
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 270 (20132014) — Solid waste: single-use carryout bags.

(1) Existing law, until 2020, requires an operator of a store, as defined, to establish an at-store recycling program that provides to customers the opportunity to return clean plastic carryout bags to that store.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270&version=20130SB27099INT)
2. **02/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270&version=20130SB27098AMD)
3. **03/27/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270&version=20130SB27097AMD)
4. **05/20/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270&version=20130SB27096AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270&version=20130SB27095AMD)
6. **08/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270&version=20130SB27094AMD)
7. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270&version=20130SB27092CHP)
8. **SB270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270)
9. **09/05/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB270&version=20130SB27093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB270 Padilla Concurrence — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- SB 270 Padilla Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **38–33** (fail) · lower
- Special Consent #2 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 270 Padilla Motion to Reconsider — **51–25** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Natural Resources. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 270 Padilla Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **45–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Dababneh — principal coauthor (person)
- De León — author (person)
- Lara — author (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 486.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 712.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-27** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-05** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-02-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-02-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** (Corrected April 2.)
- **2014-04-21** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. (Page 6283.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 38. Noes 33. Page 6428.) `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Bonta.
- **2014-08-26** Motion to reconsider continued to August 28.
- **2014-08-28** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 6635.)
- **2014-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 31. Page 6636.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-28** In Senate.
- **2014-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-28** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.Q. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4939.) Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Set for hearing August 29.
- **2014-08-29** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 5014.) `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 4998.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 850, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5702a0e-c700-40e4-b26b-46d80e137739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).