--- type: "Bill" title: "Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016." description: "The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016 prohibits a person from disposing, or attempting to dispose, of a lead-acid battery at a solid waste facility or on or in any land, surface waters, watercourses, or marine waters, and authorizes a person to dispose of a lead-acid battery only at certain locations. The act imposes a manufacturer battery fee on a manufacturer of lead-acid batteries for each lead-acid battery it sells at retail to a person in California, or that it sells to a dealer, wholesaler, distributor, or other person for retail sale in California." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "AB 2104" citation: "California AB 2104 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"] version_count: 6 action_count: 24 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2020-02-06" last_action: "2020-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3971db4-3487-4a2b-9ced-d7e5df22b012" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2104" source_hash: "ac1a9c800e1709a160415e71096d8460014aec9455a8831e71506b190de868cb" 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 2104 (20192020) — Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016. The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016 prohibits a person from disposing, or attempting to dispose, of a lead-acid battery at a solid waste facility or on or in any land, surface waters, watercourses, or marine waters, and authorizes a person to dispose of a lead-acid battery only at certain locations. The act imposes a manufacturer battery fee on a manufacturer of lead-acid batteries for each lead-acid battery it sells at retail to a person in California, or that it sells to a dealer, wholesaler, distributor, or other person for retail sale in California. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/06/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2104&version=20190AB210499INT) 2. **03/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2104&version=20190AB210498AMD) 3. **08/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2104&version=20190AB210497AMD) 4. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2104&version=20190AB210495CHP) 5. **AB2104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2104) 6. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2104&version=20190AB210496ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2104 Cristina Garcia By Durazo — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2104 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–1** (pass) · lower - AB 2104 Cristina Garcia Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Cristina Garcia — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2020-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8. - **2020-02-20** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee` - **2020-03-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2020-03-05** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee` - **2020-03-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4725.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee` - **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-08-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2020-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-08-20** From Consent Calendar. - **2020-08-20** Ordered to third reading. - **2020-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5383.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m. - **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2020. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3971db4-3487-4a2b-9ced-d7e5df22b012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).