republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1583.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "The California Recycling Market Development Act."
description: "(1) Existing law requires all rigid plastic bottles and rigid plastic containers sold in the state to be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce the bottles or containers, with specified numbers and letters placed in relation to a triangle, designed as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1583"
citation: "California AB 1583 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["The California Recycling Market Development Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad8c7696-1c51-42ba-a4a3-d8bf628e3d85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1583"
source_hash: "60d77b1134cf53c93463d94897fdf3e36b5a6059f43a5f2772b39f60318db99a"
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 1583 (20192020) — The California Recycling Market Development Act.

(1) Existing law requires all rigid plastic bottles and rigid plastic containers sold in the state to be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce the bottles or containers, with specified numbers and letters placed in relation to a triangle, designed as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1583&version=20190AB158399INT)
2. **05/20/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1583&version=20190AB158398AMD)
3. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1583&version=20190AB158397AMD)
4. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1583&version=20190AB158395CHP)
5. **AB1583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1583)
6. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1583&version=20190AB158396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1583 Eggman Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1583 Eggman et al. By Skinner — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1583 Eggman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2111.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12** Referred to Coms. on EQ. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2781.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3389.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad8c7696-1c51-42ba-a4a3-d8bf628e3d85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).