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type: "Bill"
title: "The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016."
description: "Existing law 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, but authorizes a person to dispose of a lead-acid battery at certain locations. Existing law requires a dealer to accept, when offered at the point of transfer, a lead-acid battery from a consumer in exchange for the new lead-acid battery purchased by that consumer from the dealer. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2153"
citation: "California AB 2153 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 46
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10b3f157-f26c-49cf-a53d-ef992a6efbfa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153"
source_hash: "14486a787a5b7c78d6cb683f93c3c8b0c2850fdb1854581c2f4a0d2c7db44962"
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 2153 (20152016) — The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016.
Existing law 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, but authorizes a person to dispose of a lead-acid battery at certain locations. Existing law requires a dealer to accept, when offered at the point of transfer, a lead-acid battery from a consumer in exchange for the new lead-acid battery purchased by that consumer from the dealer. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215399INT)
2. **04/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215398AMD)
3. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215397AMD)
4. **06/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215396AMD)
5. **08/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215395AMD)
6. **08/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215394AMD)
7. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215393AMD)
8. **08/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215392AMD)
9. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215390CHP)
10. **AB2153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153)
11. **09/01/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2153&version=20150AB215391ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **51** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB2153 Cristina Garcia By Lara Urgency Clause — **2711** (pass) · upper
- AB 2153 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading Amend By GARCIA, C. Set #1**602** (pass) · lower
- AB 2153 GARCIA, C. Third Reading Urgency — **5516** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **146** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **41** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **50** (pass) · lower
- AB 2153 GARCIA, C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5523** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 12). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 60. Noes 2. Page 5075.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-01** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5094.)
- **2016-06-02** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 5166.)
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 16. Page 5250.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-08-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 3). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-31** Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 5564.)
- **2016-08-31** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 5565.)
- **2016-08-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5602.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-09-01** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6602.)
- **2016-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 6602.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 666, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10b3f157-f26c-49cf-a53d-ef992a6efbfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).