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Bill	Weights and measures: beverage containers: redemption value.	Existing law makes it unlawful for a person, at the time of sale of a commodity, to charge an amount greater than the price that is advertised, posted, marked, displayed, or quoted for the commodity. Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture and each county sealer to enforce these provisions. A violation of provisions governing weights and measures is a misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2251	California AB 2251 (20132014)	bill	Weights and measures: beverage containers: redemption value.	enacted	Yamada	7	24	6	2014-02-21	2014-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/ffd1d55c-fe6a-4bbf-b2cc-bc1303db6151	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2251	35e03eee122fed71963a2d0665ff4ab5a5d1165c54da761fe68584b4652d1ebc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2251 (20132014) — Weights and measures: beverage containers: redemption value.

Existing law makes it unlawful for a person, at the time of sale of a commodity, to charge an amount greater than the price that is advertised, posted, marked, displayed, or quoted for the commodity. Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture and each county sealer to enforce these provisions. A violation of provisions governing weights and measures is a misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2251 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/18/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2251 Yamada By Pavley — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2251 YAMADA Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2251 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Yamada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2014-04-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-22 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4762.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-15 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2014-06-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2014-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-07-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-07-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4369.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6036.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2014-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 605, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffd1d55c-fe6a-4bbf-b2cc-bc1303db6151. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).