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type: "Bill"
title: "Trash receptacles and storage containers: reflective markings."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "California SB 731 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trashreceptaclesandstoragecontainers", "reflectivemarkings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09186d03-e0d9-4005-a9f3-ddb3343c8537"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB731"
source_hash: "45100ed31260b0fbfc53a4002698b7d3854d092228249c68a12ee49fd19d7e81"
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 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.
1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB731&version=20250SB73199INT)
2. **07/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB731&version=20250SB73198AMD)
3. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB731&version=20250SB73196CHP)
4. **SB731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB731)
5. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB731&version=20250SB73197ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **140** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **160** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB731 Archuleta Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- SB 731 Archuleta Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09186d03-e0d9-4005-a9f3-ddb3343c8537`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).