Trash receptacles and storage containers: reflective markings.
Existing law requires a manufacturer who sells or provides for compensation, and, commencing January 1, 2026, an owner of, a trash receptacle or storage container that is longer than 3 feet and taller than 4 feet and that is designed to be placed on a roadway or the curb of a roadway in order to be emptied or picked up to mark the receptacle or container with a reflector on each side. Existing law additionally requires 8 strips of fluorescent yellow reflective tape made of certain high-performance retroreflective sheeting to be placed on specified locations on a trash receptacle or storage container, unless the trash receptacle or storage container's reflective tape is made of the high-performance retroreflective sheeting and was applied before July 1, 2023.
California SB 731 (20252026) — Trash receptacles and storage containers: reflective markings.
Existing law requires a manufacturer who sells or provides for compensation, and, commencing January 1, 2026, an owner of, a trash receptacle or storage container that is longer than 3 feet and taller than 4 feet and that is designed to be placed on a roadway or the curb of a roadway in order to be emptied or picked up to mark the receptacle or container with a reflector on each side. Existing law additionally requires 8 strips of fluorescent yellow reflective tape made of certain high-performance retroreflective sheeting to be placed on specified locations on a trash receptacle or storage container, unless the trash receptacle or storage container's reflective tape is made of the high-performance retroreflective sheeting and was applied before July 1, 2023.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB731 Archuleta Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 731 Archuleta Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Archuleta — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2025-03-17 Set for hearing March 25.
2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 534.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-03-28 Set for hearing April 7.
2025-04-07 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1331.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2025-06-30 July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-07-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-03 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2444.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 232, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09186d03-e0d9-4005-a9f3-ddb3343c8537. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).