The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment for each beverage container sold or offered for sale to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The act requires the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, subject to the availability of funds, to expend specified moneys set aside in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, for specified purposes relating to the recycling of beverage containers.
California AB 712 (20112012) — Recycling: beverage containers.
The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment for each beverage container sold or offered for sale to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The act requires the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, subject to the availability of funds, to expend specified moneys set aside in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, for specified purposes relating to the recycling of beverage containers.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 712 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 712 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB712 Williams By Simitian — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Williams — primary (person)
Simitian — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2011-03-07 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-28 Withdrawn from committee.
2011-04-28 Ordered to second reading.
2011-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1239.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-19 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2011-07-07 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-07-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-07-14 From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
2011-07-14 Ordered to third reading.
2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2337.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2011-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3078.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 576, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bdf17bd-cac2-4ee7-81c0-7b33941663e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).