The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016 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, and authorizes a person to dispose of a lead-acid battery only at certain locations. The act imposes a manufacturer battery fee on a manufacturer of lead-acid batteries for each lead-acid battery it sells at retail to a person in California, or that it sells to a dealer, wholesaler, distributor, or other person for retail sale in California.
California AB 2104 (20192020) — Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016.
The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016 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, and authorizes a person to dispose of a lead-acid battery only at certain locations. The act imposes a manufacturer battery fee on a manufacturer of lead-acid batteries for each lead-acid battery it sells at retail to a person in California, or that it sells to a dealer, wholesaler, distributor, or other person for retail sale in California.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2104 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–1 (pass) · lower
AB 2104 Cristina Garcia Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
2020-02-20 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2020-03-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-03-05 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2020-03-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4725.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
2020-08-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-20 From Consent Calendar.
2020-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5383.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3971db4-3487-4a2b-9ced-d7e5df22b012. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).