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type: "Bill"
title: "Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022."
description: "The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006 requires every retailer, as defined, to have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of used rechargeable batteries for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal. The Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004 prohibits the sale of a cell phone in this state to a consumer unless the retailer of that cell phone has in place a take-back system for the acceptance and collection of used cell phones for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2440"
citation: "California AB 2440 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ec85251-f4d0-4c9a-ac47-5dd4d0dd6d4b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440"
source_hash: "cc794d814fac08e1635a8b9260229c2f92d75f121228f3739c52a0515ca11f71"
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 2440 (20212022) — Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022.
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006 requires every retailer, as defined, to have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of used rechargeable batteries for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal. The Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004 prohibits the sale of a cell phone in this state to a consumer unless the retailer of that cell phone has in place a take-back system for the acceptance and collection of used cell phones for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244099INT)
2. **03/28/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244098AMD)
3. **04/27/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244097AMD)
4. **06/06/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244096AMD)
5. **06/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244095AMD)
6. **08/11/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244094AMD)
7. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244093AMD)
8. **09/16/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244091CHP)
9. **AB2440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440)
10. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2440&version=20210AB244092ENR)
## Votes
- AB 2440 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **6310** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **71** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **91** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2440 Irwin et al. By Newman — **319** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · upper
- AB 2440 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — **587** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **124** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Irwin — primary (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Newman — principal coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 7. Page 4850.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2022-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5212.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Measure version as amended on August 25 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 10.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 351, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ec85251-f4d0-4c9a-ac47-5dd4d0dd6d4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).