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type: "Bill"
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title: "Recycling: plastic products."
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description: "Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic bag or a plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as \"compostable\" or \"marine degradable\" unless that plastic bag or container meets certain American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard specifications or a standard adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic bag or plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as \"biodegradable,\" \"degradable,\" \"decomposable,\" or as otherwise specified. Existing law requires a manufacturer of a compostable plastic bag meeting specified standards to ensure that the compostable plastic bag is \"readily and easily identifiable.\" Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty for a violation of these prohibitions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "SB 567"
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citation: "California SB 567 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Recycling: plastic products."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2011-02-17"
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last_action: "2011-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da796fe0-cc25-42a3-b831-3a9b1428be41"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB567"
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source_hash: "9450495af62975a620f712c49b290f604ea32afa247ec1b803c7f41ea3a7c564"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 567 (20112012) — Recycling: plastic products.
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Existing law prohibits a person from selling a plastic bag or a plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as "compostable" or "marine degradable" unless that plastic bag or container meets certain American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard specifications or a standard adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Existing law prohibits the sale of a plastic bag or plastic food or beverage container that is labeled as "biodegradable," "degradable," "decomposable," or as otherwise specified. Existing law requires a manufacturer of a compostable plastic bag meeting specified standards to ensure that the compostable plastic bag is "readily and easily identifiable." Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty for a violation of these prohibitions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB567&version=20110SB56799INT)
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2. **04/11/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB567&version=20110SB56798AMD)
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3. **08/16/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB567&version=20110SB56797AMD)
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4. **09/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB567&version=20110SB56796AMD)
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5. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB567&version=20110SB56794CHP)
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6. **SB567** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB567)
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7. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB567&version=20110SB56795ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **21–13** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **10–5** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB567 DeSaulnier Concurrence — **26–14** (pass) · upper
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- SB 567 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — **51–26** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- DeSaulnier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
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- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-22** Set for hearing April 4.
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- **2011-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 543.) (April 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-04-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
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- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 846.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 1242.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (July 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. (Page 2770.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 2987.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2414.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2011.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da796fe0-cc25-42a3-b831-3a9b1428be41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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