Existing law enacts provisions regulating the sale and distribution of reusable grocery bags to customers and prohibits a store, as defined, from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale, except a compostable bag under specified conditions. Existing law defines a "single-use carryout bag" for this purpose to mean a bag made of plastic, paper, or other material that is provided by a store to a customer at the point of sale and that is not a recycled paper bag, as defined, or a reusable grocery bag that meets specified requirements.
California SB 1046 (20212022) — Solid waste: precheckout and carryout bags.
Existing law enacts provisions regulating the sale and distribution of reusable grocery bags to customers and prohibits a store, as defined, from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale, except a compostable bag under specified conditions. Existing law defines a "single-use carryout bag" for this purpose to mean a bag made of plastic, paper, or other material that is provided by a store to a customer at the point of sale and that is not a recycled paper bag, as defined, or a reusable grocery bag that meets specified requirements.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1046 Eggman et al. Concurrence — 32–8 (pass) · upper
SB 1046 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Friedman — 54–18 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Gonzalez — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-15 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-16 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2022-03-08 Set for hearing March 28.
2022-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3238.) (March 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-03-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-17 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-17 Ordered to second reading.
2022-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 3865.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 5927.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5077.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 991, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d618d4d5-a1a2-4258-9724-f67fda3cc2d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).