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CA AB 899

enacted

Beverage containers: recycled glass: market development.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 899 pass?

Yes. CA AB 899 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 627, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 899 about?

The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, a violation of which is a crime, requires a distributor of beverage containers, as defined, to pay to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery a monthly redemption payment for every beverage container sold or transferred, as provided. The act requires the department to deposit those amounts into the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The fund is continuously appropriated to, among other things, pay refund values and administrative fees to processors that receive empty beverage containers from recyclers. The act authorizes, until January 1, 2028, the department to pay a market development payment to a glass beverage container manufacturer who purchases recycled glass collected within this state for use in manufacturing new beverage containers in this state, as provided. The act requires the department to set the market development payment at an amount not to exceed $50 per ton. The act continuously appropriates $60,000,000 annually from the fund to the department to the make market development payments. This bill would authorize the department to set the market development payment at different levels, but would prohibit that payment from exceeding $150 per ton. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2028, and until January 1, 2030, authorize the department to expend $20,000,000 annually from the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for glass market development payments.

Who sponsors CA AB 899?

Ransom is the primary sponsor of CA AB 899.

Description

The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, a violation of which is a crime, requires a distributor of beverage containers, as defined, to pay to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery a monthly redemption payment for every beverage container sold or transferred, as provided. The act requires the department to deposit those amounts into the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The fund is continuously appropriated to, among other things, pay refund values and administrative fees to processors that receive empty beverage containers from recyclers. The act authorizes, until January 1, 2028, the department to pay a market development payment to a glass beverage container manufacturer who purchases recycled glass collected within this state for use in manufacturing new beverage containers in this state, as provided. The act requires the department to set the market development payment at an amount not to exceed $50 per ton. The act continuously appropriates $60,000,000 annually from the fund to the department to the make market development payments. This bill would authorize the department to set the market development payment at different levels, but would prohibit that payment from exceeding $150 per ton. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2028, and until January 1, 2030, authorize the department to expend $20,000,000 annually from the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for glass market development payments.

Introduced
2025-04-03
Latest action
2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 627, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ransomauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-11

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 627, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-11

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-09

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3113.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2602.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-09-03

    From special consent calendar.

  8. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  10. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  11. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  12. 2025-08-25

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-08-18

    (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2174.)

  14. 2025-08-18

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  15. 2025-08-13

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on E.Q.

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-06-04

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  19. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2009.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  20. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  22. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  23. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  24. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  26. 2025-04-10

    Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-04-03

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. Read second time and amended.

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  29. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  31. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-03Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 08/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-18Compare
  • 09/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-11Compare
  • 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
  • AB899Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-21 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Schultz: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 899 Ransom Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-16 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: other

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB899 Ransom By Caballero

    2025-09-08 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Stern: other

  • AB 899 Ransom Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-09 · pass · 80-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes

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