republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-187.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act."
description: "The Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, authorizes a mattress recycling organization to be established by a qualified industry association to develop, implement, and administer a mattress recycling program in the state. The act requires the organization to develop and submit to the department for approval a plan, including a budget to implement the plan, for the recovery and recycling of used mattresses. The act requires the organization to submit to the department and make publicly available annual reports relating to the program. The act requires the department's director to appoint an advisory committee to be part of the organization. The act requires the organization to set the amount of a state mattress recycling charge to fund the recycling of used mattresses under the act that is added to the purchase price of a mattress, and authorizes the organization to change the amount of the charge. The act requires a mattress retailer to give a consumer the option to have a used mattress picked up, at no additional cost, at the time a new mattress is delivered. A violation of the act may be subject to an administrative civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 187"
citation: "California AB 187 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f333820-e100-4469-b102-cc588ad342b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187"
source_hash: "5a0f8e11f1ad496bf8f40a9f35af9ea1f82966e0033c4209d9076cb5cf1e1785"
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 187 (20192020) — Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act.

The Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, authorizes a mattress recycling organization to be established by a qualified industry association to develop, implement, and administer a mattress recycling program in the state. The act requires the organization to develop and submit to the department for approval a plan, including a budget to implement the plan, for the recovery and recycling of used mattresses. The act requires the organization to submit to the department and make publicly available annual reports relating to the program. The act requires the department's director to appoint an advisory committee to be part of the organization. The act requires the organization to set the amount of a state mattress recycling charge to fund the recycling of used mattresses under the act that is added to the purchase price of a mattress, and authorizes the organization to change the amount of the charge. The act requires a mattress retailer to give a consumer the option to have a used mattress picked up, at no additional cost, at the time a new mattress is delivered. A violation of the act may be subject to an administrative civil penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18799INT)
2. **03/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18798AMD)
3. **04/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18797AMD)
4. **04/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18796AMD)
5. **05/29/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18795AMD)
6. **06/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18794AMD)
7. **06/26/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18793AMD)
8. **07/08/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18792AMD)
9. **08/12/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18791AMD)
10. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18790AMD)
11. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18789AMD)
12. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18787CHP)
13. **AB187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187)
14. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB187&version=20190AB18788ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB187 Cristina Garcia By Dahle — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 187 Cristina Garcia Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 187 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
- Bigelow — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** From Consent Calendar.
- **2019-05-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1584.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-05** Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-26** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **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 2779.). `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 3377.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-23** 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 673, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f333820-e100-4469-b102-cc588ad342b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).