Solid waste: recycled paper bags: standards: carryout bag prohibition.
Existing law prohibits a store, as defined, from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale, with specified exceptions, including an exemption for bags used to contain unwrapped food. Existing law defines a "single-use carryout bag" as 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 or a reusable grocery bag that meets specified requirements, including that the bag be made by a certified reusable grocery bag producer and meets specified requirements with regard to the bag's durability, material, labeling, heavy metal content, and, with regard to reusable grocery bags made from plastic film, recycled material content. Existing law prohibits a producer of reusable grocery bags made from plastic film from selling or distributing those bags unless the producer is certified by a third-party certification entity, and provides proof of that certification and a certification fee to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a store from selling or distributing a recycled paper bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10. Existing law defines "recycled paper bag," in part, as a paper carryout bag that contains a minimum of 40% postconsumer recycled materials, except as provided, and meets other requirements. Existing law allows a retail establishment to voluntarily comply with these requirements, if the retail establishment provides the department with irrevocable notice.
California SB 1053 (20232024) — Solid waste: recycled paper bags: standards: carryout bag prohibition.
Existing law prohibits a store, as defined, from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale, with specified exceptions, including an exemption for bags used to contain unwrapped food. Existing law defines a "single-use carryout bag" as 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 or a reusable grocery bag that meets specified requirements, including that the bag be made by a certified reusable grocery bag producer and meets specified requirements with regard to the bag's durability, material, labeling, heavy metal content, and, with regard to reusable grocery bags made from plastic film, recycled material content. Existing law prohibits a producer of reusable grocery bags made from plastic film from selling or distributing those bags unless the producer is certified by a third-party certification entity, and provides proof of that certification and a certification fee to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a store from selling or distributing a recycled paper bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10. Existing law defines "recycled paper bag," in part, as a paper carryout bag that contains a minimum of 40% postconsumer recycled materials, except as provided, and meets other requirements. Existing law allows a retail establishment to voluntarily comply with these requirements, if the retail establishment provides the department with irrevocable notice.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1053 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 56–7 (pass) · lower
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
Do pass. — 10–3 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1053 Blakespear et al. Concurrence — 32–8 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Blakespear — primary (person)
Addis — coauthor (person)
Allen — author (person)
Bauer-Kahan — principal coauthor (person)
Bennett — coauthor (person)
Boerner — coauthor (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Mathis — principal coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Rendon — coauthor (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
2024-02-21 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2024-03-12 Set for hearing April 17.
2024-04-04 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
2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3660.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-23 Set for hearing April 29.
2024-04-25 April 29 hearing postponed by committee.
2024-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2024-05-06 May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3969.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 4091.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2024-06-20 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
2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-08-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-15 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-20 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 7. Page 6892.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5729.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 453, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6629768d-7899-484d-84a4-6c60f2cc37aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).