CA SB 615
enactedVehicle traction batteries.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 615 pass?
Yes. CA SB 615 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 615 about?
Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to convene the Lithium-Ion Car Battery Recycling Advisory Group to review, and advise the Legislature on, policies pertaining to the recovery and recycling of lithium-ion vehicle batteries sold with motor vehicles in the state. Existing law also requires the advisory group to submit policy recommendations to the Legislature aimed at ensuring that as close to 100% as possible of lithium-ion vehicle batteries in the state are reused or recycled at end of life in a safe and cost-effective manner. Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with coordinating efforts to attain and maintain ambient air quality standards and to regulate emissions from motor vehicles. Existing state board regulations require certain new motor vehicles to be equipped with specified traction battery labels. This bill would require, commencing July 1, 2028, a battery supplier, as defined, to equip a new vehicle traction battery sold in the state with a permanent label containing only specified information, as provided. The bill would require a remanufacturer to rebrand and relabel a remanufactured vehicle traction battery, as provided. The bill would require each battery supplier and remanufacturer, no later than 90 days after the chaptering of the act, to register with the state board and provide the state board with specified information. The bill would require those entities to update that registration and information annually and upon request of the board, as provided. The bill would require the state board to adopt regulations no later than July 1, 2031, to implement and enforce these provisions and would require the state board to determine the most cost-effective means to accept required electronic submissions, as provided. This bill would require battery suppliers, beginning July 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, to pay the state board a fee sufficient to cover the state board's full personnel, administrative, regulatory, and loan and interest costs related to implementing and enforcing these provisions. The bill would require the state board to create a tiered fee schedule based on each battery supplier's share of total in-state vehicle registrations with vehicle traction batteries 10 years prior, and would exempt establishment of and updates to that schedule from the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would establish the Vehicle Traction Battery Recovery Fund (fund) in the State Treasury and would require the state board to deposit all fee moneys into the fund, as specified. Moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only to implement and enforce these provisions, and to reimburse specified loans and interest. The bill would authorize, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Director of Finance to make a loan from an unspecified fund to the fund to meet regulatory and startup costs of the state board's activities pursuant to these provisions. The state board's duties under the bill would be contingent upon an appropriation for these purposes.
Who sponsors CA SB 615?
Allen is the primary sponsor of CA SB 615, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to convene the Lithium-Ion Car Battery Recycling Advisory Group to review, and advise the Legislature on, policies pertaining to the recovery and recycling of lithium-ion vehicle batteries sold with motor vehicles in the state. Existing law also requires the advisory group to submit policy recommendations to the Legislature aimed at ensuring that as close to 100% as possible of lithium-ion vehicle batteries in the state are reused or recycled at end of life in a safe and cost-effective manner. Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with coordinating efforts to attain and maintain ambient air quality standards and to regulate emissions from motor vehicles. Existing state board regulations require certain new motor vehicles to be equipped with specified traction battery labels. This bill would require, commencing July 1, 2028, a battery supplier, as defined, to equip a new vehicle traction battery sold in the state with a permanent label containing only specified information, as provided. The bill would require a remanufacturer to rebrand and relabel a remanufactured vehicle traction battery, as provided. The bill would require each battery supplier and remanufacturer, no later than 90 days after the chaptering of the act, to register with the state board and provide the state board with specified information. The bill would require those entities to update that registration and information annually and upon request of the board, as provided. The bill would require the state board to adopt regulations no later than July 1, 2031, to implement and enforce these provisions and would require the state board to determine the most cost-effective means to accept required electronic submissions, as provided. This bill would require battery suppliers, beginning July 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, to pay the state board a fee sufficient to cover the state board's full personnel, administrative, regulatory, and loan and interest costs related to implementing and enforcing these provisions. The bill would require the state board to create a tiered fee schedule based on each battery supplier's share of total in-state vehicle registrations with vehicle traction batteries 10 years prior, and would exempt establishment of and updates to that schedule from the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would establish the Vehicle Traction Battery Recovery Fund (fund) in the State Treasury and would require the state board to deposit all fee moneys into the fund, as specified. Moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only to implement and enforce these provisions, and to reimburse specified loans and interest. The bill would authorize, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Director of Finance to make a loan from an unspecified fund to the fund to meet regulatory and startup costs of the state board's activities pursuant to these provisions. The state board's duties under the bill would be contingent upon an appropriation for these purposes.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-20
- Latest action
- 2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Allenauthor
- Bauer-Kahancoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-20
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-20
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2026-08-31
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-30
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 6845.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-20
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-20
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-07-01
Read third time and amended.
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2026-07-01
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-23
From inactive file.
2026-06-23
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-22
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Garcia.
2025-09-09
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29).
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-07
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2025-07-01
July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-18
Coauthors revised.
2025-06-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Coms. on E.S & T.M. and NAT. RES.
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2025-05-29
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-05-29
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 1320.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1206.) (May 23).
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2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-05
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-25
Set for hearing May 5.
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 843.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-08
Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-07
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 635.) (April 2).
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2025-03-11
Set for hearing April 2.
2025-03-05
Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS.
referral-committee
2025-02-21
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-02-20
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
- 04/07/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-07Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
- 07/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-07Compare
- 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
- 07/01/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-01Compare
- 08/20/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-20Compare
- 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
- 09/20/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-20Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Transportation]
2025-04-02 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Pérez: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Dahle: other
- Valladares: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-22 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Strickland: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: other
- Dahle: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-05-29 · pass · 28-6
Member-level votes (40)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Allen: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Grove: no
- Seyarto: no
- Jones: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Limón: other
- Valladares: other
- Dahle: other
- Niello: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources]
2025-06-17 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Connolly: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Papan: yes
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-14 · pass · 10-1
Member-level votes (14)
- Bryan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Haney: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ellis: no
- Wicks: other
- Flora: other
- Alanis: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-08-29 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: other
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