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Bill	Beverage containers.	The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state to have a minimum refund value. Under the act, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is required to calculate a processing fee for each beverage container with a specified scrap value, which is required to be paid by beverage manufacturers for each beverage container sold or transferred to a distributor or dealer, and requires a processor to pay a certified recycling center or other program the refund value, a percentage of the refund value for administrative costs, and the processing payment. The act provides that a violation of the act or a regulation adopted pursuant to the act is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 38	California SB 38 (20212022)	bill	Beverage containers.	enacted	Wieckowski	14	40	9	2020-12-07	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/051dbee0-9e6e-4c03-adc6-db8b4f1c1fee	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB38	d54e28bc7a2c92da84fc7289ca97325c562f0c25407c9e3d914f1654b30e57cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 38 (20212022) — Beverage containers.

The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state to have a minimum refund value. Under the act, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is required to calculate a processing fee for each beverage container with a specified scrap value, which is required to be paid by beverage manufacturers for each beverage container sold or transferred to a distributor or dealer, and requires a processor to pay a certified recycling center or other program the refund value, a percentage of the refund value for administrative costs, and the processing payment. The act provides that a violation of the act or a regulation adopted pursuant to the act is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/12/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/14/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/17/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/20/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 06/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/02/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
13. SB38 (committee substitute) — source
14. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 13–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 38 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Wood — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 23–8 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB38 Wieckowski Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
• 2021-02-12 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
• 2021-03-01 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
• 2021-03-03 Set for hearing March 15.
• 2021-03-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 500.) (March 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2021-04-05 April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1180.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-26 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-26 Ordered to second reading.
• 2021-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 8. Page 1413.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 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
• 2022-02-14 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
• 2022-06-20 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
• 2022-06-29 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
• 2022-08-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-01 (Received at desk July 1 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(14)).
• 2022-08-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-25 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2022-08-25 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.Q. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5112.) Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-08-29 Set for hearing August 29.
• 2022-08-29 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 5248.) committee-passage
• 2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5275.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 977, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/051dbee0-9e6e-4c03-adc6-db8b4f1c1fee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).