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Bill	Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2021.	Existing law, the Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2008, as part of the state's hazardous waste control laws, requires a manufacturer that owns or owned a name brand of mercury-added thermostats, as defined, sold in this state before January 1, 2006, to establish and maintain a collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal program for out-of-service mercury-added thermostats, as defined. Among other requirements, the act requires each manufacturer, or group of manufacturers, to provide collection bins to wholesalers for collection of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats at a cost not to exceed $25. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 707	California AB 707 (20212022)	bill	Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2021.	enacted	Quirk	10	31	8	2021-02-16	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f5d02a70-d844-4321-8e08-7766f3d2dcf1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB707	86b1787e7039350b7acb3955341c38c3f27870460a5e3bb5caeacf4c32b0eaa6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 707 (20212022) — Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2021.

Existing law, the Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2008, as part of the state's hazardous waste control laws, requires a manufacturer that owns or owned a name brand of mercury-added thermostats, as defined, sold in this state before January 1, 2006, to establish and maintain a collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal program for out-of-service mercury-added thermostats, as defined. Among other requirements, the act requires each manufacturer, or group of manufacturers, to provide collection bins to wholesalers for collection of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats at a cost not to exceed $25. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/29/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB707 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 707 Quirk Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB707 Quirk By Caballero — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 707 Quirk Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-04-19 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
• 2021-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-28 Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Page 1688.)
• 2021-05-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1690.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1768.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2021-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-06-29 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
• 2021-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2508.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3041.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 703, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5d02a70-d844-4321-8e08-7766f3d2dcf1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).