(1) Existing law requires a manufacturer of carpets sold in this state to submit, either individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, a carpet stewardship plan that meets specified requirements to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and requires the department to approve or disapprove the plan. Existing law imposes a carpet stewardship assessment per unit of carpet sold in the state that is remitted by carpet manufacturers to the carpet stewardship organization and may be expended to carry out the organization's carpet stewardship plan.
California AB 729 (20192020) — Carpet recycling: carpet stewardship.
(1) Existing law requires a manufacturer of carpets sold in this state to submit, either individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, a carpet stewardship plan that meets specified requirements to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and requires the department to approve or disapprove the plan. Existing law imposes a carpet stewardship assessment per unit of carpet sold in the state that is remitted by carpet manufacturers to the carpet stewardship organization and may be expended to carry out the organization's carpet stewardship plan.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 729 Chu Assembly Third Reading — 58–17 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB729 Chu By Jackson — 27–11 (pass) · upper
AB 729 Chu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–23 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Chu — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2019-04-10 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
2019-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 1779.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-29 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-20 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
2019-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 9). 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 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2515.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 23. Page 3126.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-13 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 680, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0221f3c-ce17-4944-969f-8b59e9bcec85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).