republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-353.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Beverage containers: recycling."
description: "(1) The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, of which a violation is a crime, requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state. The act defines the term \"beverage container\" to mean the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, however denominated, in which a beverage is sold, and which is constructed of metal, glass, or plastic, or other material, or any combination of these materials, but does not include cups or other similar open or loosely sealed receptacles. The act defines \"beverage\" to include certain types of products in liquid, ready-to-drink form, including carbonated fruit drinks and noncarbonated fruit drinks that contain any percentage of fruit juice, but not 100% fruit juice in 46-ounce containers or larger or vegetable juice containers with more than 16 ounces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "California SB 353 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Beverage containers", "recycling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c65581-67c9-44ef-aad1-b30beb6b6754"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB353"
source_hash: "57330da134d7d7fc961f7aaa61c086e2445cd08630b86506c1769716f6cc476a"
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 SB 353 (20232024) — Beverage containers: recycling.

(1) The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, of which a violation is a crime, requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state. The act defines the term "beverage container" to mean the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, however denominated, in which a beverage is sold, and which is constructed of metal, glass, or plastic, or other material, or any combination of these materials, but does not include cups or other similar open or loosely sealed receptacles. The act defines "beverage" to include certain types of products in liquid, ready-to-drink form, including carbonated fruit drinks and noncarbonated fruit drinks that contain any percentage of fruit juice, but not 100% fruit juice in 46-ounce containers or larger or vegetable juice containers with more than 16 ounces.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB353&version=20230SB35399INT)
2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB353&version=20230SB35398AMD)
3. **05/25/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB353&version=20230SB35397AMD)
4. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB353&version=20230SB35396AMD)
5. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB353&version=20230SB35394CHP)
6. **SB353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB353)
7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB353&version=20230SB35395ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB353 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **32–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB353 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause — **32–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 353 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Kalra — **67–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Set for hearing March 15.
- **2023-03-06** March 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-03-07** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 571.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2023-04-17** April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1167.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 1405.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 3518.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2827.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 868, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c65581-67c9-44ef-aad1-b30beb6b6754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).