The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires plastic beverage containers sold by a beverage manufacturer, as specified, to contain a specified average percentage of postconsumer recycled plastic per year. The act requires the manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container subject to the California Redemption Value to report to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery certain information about the amounts of virgin plastic and postconsumer recycled plastic used for plastic beverage containers subject to the California Redemption Value for sale in the state in the previous calendar year. Existing law provides that a violation of the act or a regulation adopted pursuant to the act is a crime.
California SB 551 (20232024) — Beverage containers: recycling.
The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires plastic beverage containers sold by a beverage manufacturer, as specified, to contain a specified average percentage of postconsumer recycled plastic per year. The act requires the manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container subject to the California Redemption Value to report to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery certain information about the amounts of virgin plastic and postconsumer recycled plastic used for plastic beverage containers subject to the California Redemption Value for sale in the state in the previous calendar year. Existing law 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.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Portantino — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2023-03-28 Set for hearing April 12.
2023-04-12 April 12 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-04-13 Set for hearing April 26.
2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 940.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-05-02 Set for hearing May 8.
2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1175.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1276.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2023-06-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-06-28 June 28 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Blanca Rubio.
2024-01-22 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio.
2024-01-23 From inactive file.
2024-01-23 Ordered to third reading.
2024-01-29 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-01-29 Ordered to third reading.
2024-01-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2024-02-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-02-22 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-03-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-19 June 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6517.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2024-08-26 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.Q. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5416.) Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-08-28 Set for hearing August 28.
2024-08-28 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5621.) committee-passage
2024-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-30 Urgency clause adopted.
2024-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5746.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 983, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc4e1956-f2a3-4dbb-b81b-d7ced9906743. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).