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Bill	Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022.	The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006 requires every retailer, as defined, to have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of used rechargeable batteries for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal. The Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004 prohibits the sale of a cell phone in this state to a consumer unless the retailer of that cell phone has in place a take-back system for the acceptance and collection of used cell phones for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2440	California AB 2440 (20212022)	bill	Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022.	enacted	Irwin	10	33	10	2022-02-17	2022-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/6ec85251-f4d0-4c9a-ac47-5dd4d0dd6d4b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440	cc794d814fac08e1635a8b9260229c2f92d75f121228f3739c52a0515ca11f71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2440 (20212022) — Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022.

The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006 requires every retailer, as defined, to have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of used rechargeable batteries for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal. The Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004 prohibits the sale of a cell phone in this state to a consumer unless the retailer of that cell phone has in place a take-back system for the acceptance and collection of used cell phones for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/06/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/08/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/11/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2440 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2440 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2440 Irwin et al. By Newman — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2440 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — 58–7 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irwin — primary (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Newman — principal coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)
• Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2022-03-03 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 7. Page 4850.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-27 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-06-27 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5212.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Measure version as amended on August 25 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 10.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 351, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ec85251-f4d0-4c9a-ac47-5dd4d0dd6d4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).