---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carpet recycling: annual reports."
description: "Existing law requires a manufacturer of carpet sold in this state to submit, either individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, a carpet stewardship plan that meets specified requirements to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Existing law requires a carpet stewardship organization, on or before July 1 of each year, to demonstrate to the department that it has achieved the amount and rates of recycling, and a reduction in disposal, of postconsumer carpet subject to its stewardship plan and in meeting the other specified goals included in the organization's plan. Existing law requires a manufacturer of carpet sold in this state to submit to the department, either individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, on or before July 1 of each year, a report describing its activities to achieve the purposes of the carpet stewardship laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2097"
citation: "California AB 2097 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Carpet recycling: annual reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ed1d267-0edc-4c84-9c7e-78d153a4a1c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2097"
source_hash: "947ddd8231906b706dea568120261e7f403aee2eb988641f16575d537eb9011a"
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 2097 (20172018) — Carpet recycling: annual reports.

Existing law requires a manufacturer of carpet sold in this state to submit, either individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, a carpet stewardship plan that meets specified requirements to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Existing law requires a carpet stewardship organization, on or before July 1 of each year, to demonstrate to the department that it has achieved the amount and rates of recycling, and a reduction in disposal, of postconsumer carpet subject to its stewardship plan and in meeting the other specified goals included in the organization's plan. Existing law requires a manufacturer of carpet sold in this state to submit to the department, either individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, on or before July 1 of each year, a report describing its activities to achieve the purposes of the carpet stewardship laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2097&version=20170AB209799INT)
2. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2097&version=20170AB209797CHP)
3. **AB2097** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2097)
4. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2097&version=20170AB209798ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2097 ACOSTA Assembly Third Reading — **72–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2097 Acosta By Stone — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 4825.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5802.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 340, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ed1d267-0edc-4c84-9c7e-78d153a4a1c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).