republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-712.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recycling: beverage containers."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 712"
citation: "California AB 712 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recycling: beverage containers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bdf17bd-cac2-4ee7-81c0-7b33941663e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB712"
source_hash: "e0f56af64f4e0e59311290e52d18357b252bc0c59e6a69ce87e1a327386859a2"
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 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.

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB712&version=20110AB71299INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB712&version=20110AB71298AMD)
3. **07/11/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB712&version=20110AB71297AMD)
4. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB712&version=20110AB71295CHP)
5. **AB712** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB712)
6. **09/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB712&version=20110AB71296ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bdf17bd-cac2-4ee7-81c0-7b33941663e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).