California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB 1149
Recycling: market development payments: polyethylene terephthalate plastic.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Jackson (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary
The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires a distributor of beverage containers to pay to the department a redemption payment for every beverage container sold or offered for sale, as provided. The act requires the department to deposit those amounts into the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The act requires the fund to be continuously appropriated to the department for specified purposes, including, among other things, to pay refund values, administrative fees, and processing payments associated with the collection and recycling of empty beverage containers. Until July, 1, 2027, the act authorizes the department to pay a market development payment to a reclaimer for empty plastic beverage containers and to a product manufacturer for plastic flake, pellet, sheet, or other form of plastic purchased from a reclaimer, as provided. Through the 2025–26 fiscal year, the act continuously appropriates money from the fund to the department for market development payments to reclaimers and product manufacturers for empty plastic beverage containers, as provided.
This bill would extend the department's authorization to make these market development payments until July 1, 2029, and would require the department to establish a singular market development payment for empty polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic beverage containers collected for recycling and a singular market development payment for PET plastic collected and processed into flake or pellet, as specified. By authorizing a new use for continuously appropriated funds, this bill would make an appropriation. The bill would authorize the department to expend up to $35,000,000 annually for market development payments to reclaimers and product manufacturers.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Text versions
- 06/18/26 - Amended Senate· Jun 18, 2026
- 04/29/26 - Amended Senate· Apr 29, 2026
- 05/22/25 - Amended Senate· May 22, 2025
- 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly· Apr 1, 2025
- 02/20/25 - Introduced· Feb 20, 2025
- AB1149
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 Senate | Special Consent AB1149 Jackson By Reyes Urgency Clause | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Aug 13, 2026 Senate | Do pass | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jun 29, 2026 Senate | Placed on suspense file | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jun 17, 2026 Senate | Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jun 10, 2025 Senate | Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Apr 21, 2025 House | AB 1149 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Apr 7, 2025 House | Do pass. To Consent Calendar. | pass | Set your home in California to see |
Actions
- Aug 25, 2026 · House
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Jackson. - Aug 20, 2026 · House
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - Aug 20, 2026 · Senate
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). - Aug 18, 2026 · Senate
Ordered to special consent calendar. - Aug 13, 2026 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - Aug 13, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). - Jun 29, 2026 · Senate
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. - Jun 18, 2026 · Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Jun 17, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). - May 28, 2026 · Senate
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - May 13, 2026 · Senate
Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. - Apr 30, 2026 · Senate
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). - Apr 30, 2026 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. - Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
Ordered to second reading. - Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
From inactive file. - Jun 13, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Valladares. - Jun 13, 2025 · Senate
From Consent Calendar. - Jun 11, 2025 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. - Jun 10, 2025 · Senate
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10). - May 22, 2025 · Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. - May 7, 2025 · Senate
Referred to Com. on TRANS. - Apr 21, 2025 · Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. - Apr 21, 2025 · House
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1176.) - Apr 9, 2025 · House
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. - Apr 8, 2025 · House
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 7). - Apr 2, 2025 · House
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. - Apr 1, 2025 · House
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. - Mar 10, 2025 · House
Referred to Com. on TRANS. - Feb 21, 2025 · House
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. - Feb 20, 2025 · House
Read first time. To print.