republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-504.md

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Bill	Solid waste: commercial and organic waste: recycling bins.	Existing law requires a business that generates 4 cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste, as defined, to arrange for recycling services, as specified. Existing law requires a business that is subject to that requirement that provides customers access to that business, including a theme park, amusement park, water park, resort or entertainment complex, zoo, attraction, or similar facility, to provide customers with a recycling bin or container for that waste stream that complies with prescribed requirements. Existing law exempts full-service restaurants, as defined, from the requirement to provide customers with a recycling bin or container if the full-service restaurant provides its employees a recycling bin or container for that waste stream to collect material purchased on the premises and implements a program to collect that waste stream.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 504	California AB 504 (20212022)	bill	Solid waste: commercial and organic waste: recycling bins.	enacted	McCarty	4	17	5	2021-02-09	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/7a47bc9f-48e9-4fd0-ac06-6f2b419bf24d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB504	5caab9c117aec0121aadcf0cf77a8040dfde2ddd6b2a29fda6be526ef74f7a77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 504 (20212022) — Solid waste: commercial and organic waste: recycling bins.

Existing law requires a business that generates 4 cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste, as defined, to arrange for recycling services, as specified. Existing law requires a business that is subject to that requirement that provides customers access to that business, including a theme park, amusement park, water park, resort or entertainment complex, zoo, attraction, or similar facility, to provide customers with a recycling bin or container for that waste stream that complies with prescribed requirements. Existing law exempts full-service restaurants, as defined, from the requirement to provide customers with a recycling bin or container if the full-service restaurant provides its employees a recycling bin or container for that waste stream to collect material purchased on the premises and implements a program to collect that waste stream.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/09/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB504 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar AB504 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 504 McCarty Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1153.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1633.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2021-06-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2021-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a47bc9f-48e9-4fd0-ac06-6f2b419bf24d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).