republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-568.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic waste: export."
description: "Existing law, the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003, enacts a comprehensive system for the reuse, recycling, and proper and legal disposal of covered electronic devices, as provided. The act requires a person who exports covered electronic waste, or covered electronic devices, except as specified, intended for recycling or disposal, to a foreign country, or to another state for ultimate export to a foreign country, to notify the Department of Toxic Substances Control of certain matters concerning the waste or device to be exported. Existing law requires the exporter to include with those notifications specified demonstrations, including a demonstration that exportation of the waste or device will be managed within the country of destination only at facilities whose operations meet or exceed specified recommendations and guidelines of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The act defines a \"covered electronic waste recycler\" as a person or manufacturer that engages in certain activities for purposes of the reuse or recycling of covered electronic devices. The act becomes inoperative if certain conditions are met. A violation of the act is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "California SB 568 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic waste", "export"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce5f8be-e514-4bbc-9041-e19e0b878dd9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB568"
source_hash: "8442835d73bbe660fc38e4501c7cd2482f20caba197bb6b9acae9944d6f3e746"
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 568 (20232024) — Electronic waste: export.

Existing law, the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003, enacts a comprehensive system for the reuse, recycling, and proper and legal disposal of covered electronic devices, as provided. The act requires a person who exports covered electronic waste, or covered electronic devices, except as specified, intended for recycling or disposal, to a foreign country, or to another state for ultimate export to a foreign country, to notify the Department of Toxic Substances Control of certain matters concerning the waste or device to be exported. Existing law requires the exporter to include with those notifications specified demonstrations, including a demonstration that exportation of the waste or device will be managed within the country of destination only at facilities whose operations meet or exceed specified recommendations and guidelines of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The act defines a "covered electronic waste recycler" as a person or manufacturer that engages in certain activities for purposes of the reuse or recycling of covered electronic devices. The act becomes inoperative if certain conditions are met. A violation of the act is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB568&version=20230SB56899INT)
2. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB568&version=20230SB56898AMD)
3. **06/13/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB568&version=20230SB56897AMD)
4. **10/04/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB568&version=20230SB56895CHP)
5. **SB568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB568)
6. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB568&version=20230SB56896ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB568 Newman Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 568 Newman Senate Third Reading By Irwin — **69–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newman — 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 E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2023-03-20** March 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-03-27** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2023-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 794.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-04-25** May 1 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1025.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 1258.) 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 Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** Re-referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 2862.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2593.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 308, 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/cce5f8be-e514-4bbc-9041-e19e0b878dd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).