republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2612.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and agriculture: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law requires every person who is the first to sell any agricultural- or structural-use pesticide product for use in this state that is packaged in rigid, nonrefillable, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers of 55 gallons or less to establish a recycling program, or demonstrate participation in a recycling program to ensure HDPE containers are recycled. Existing law requires that the recycling program be certified by an accredited 3rd-party organization, as specified, as being in compliance with certain standards, as specified. Existing law requires any person who is required to establish or participate in this recycling program to provide to the Director of Pesticide Regulation, at least annually, a document certifying that this requirement has been met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2612"
citation: "California AB 2612 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and agriculture: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d62212e-004d-4999-804b-79066fc9b647"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2612"
source_hash: "433f22a6ec56e4d21546a192a778631564544d759c9052845dddc8847f0db654"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2612 (20092010) — Food and agriculture: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law requires every person who is the first to sell any agricultural- or structural-use pesticide product for use in this state that is packaged in rigid, nonrefillable, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers of 55 gallons or less to establish a recycling program, or demonstrate participation in a recycling program to ensure HDPE containers are recycled. Existing law requires that the recycling program be certified by an accredited 3rd-party organization, as specified, as being in compliance with certain standards, as specified. Existing law requires any person who is required to establish or participate in this recycling program to provide to the Director of Pesticide Regulation, at least annually, a document certifying that this requirement has been met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2612&version=20090AB261299INT)
2. **04/07/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2612&version=20090AB261298AMD)
3. **06/07/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2612&version=20090AB261297AMD)
4. **06/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2612&version=20090AB261296AMD)
5. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2612&version=20090AB261294CHP)
6. **AB2612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2612)
7. **08/16/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2612&version=20090AB261295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2612 AGRI. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GALGIANI — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2612 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2612 Committee on AGRI. (Galgiani) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5051.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on F. & A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on F. & A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4412.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6162.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 393, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d62212e-004d-4999-804b-79066fc9b647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).