California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB 731
Trash receptacles and storage containers: reflective markings.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Archuleta (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary
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.
This bill would apply this exemption from the additional, 8-strip requirement to a receptacle or container with reflectors applied prior to January 1, 2025, and would eliminate the exemption's requirement for the reflectors to be reflective tape made of certain high-performance retroreflective sheeting. The bill would require, when not exempted, the reflective tape for a storage container transported by truck and trailer to be fluorescent yellow, red, white, or alternating red and white, and be made of specified high-performance retroreflective sheeting.
Text versions
- 10/01/25 - Chaptered· Oct 1, 2025
- 09/05/25 - Enrolled· Sep 5, 2025
- 07/03/25 - Amended Assembly· Jul 3, 2025
- 02/21/25 - Introduced· Feb 21, 2025
- SB731
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2025 Senate | Unfinished Business SB731 Archuleta Concurrence | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Aug 28, 2025 House | SB 731 Archuleta Consent Calendar Second Day | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Aug 20, 2025 House | Do pass. To Consent Calendar. | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jul 14, 2025 House | Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| May 29, 2025 Senate | 3rd Reading | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Mar 25, 2025 Senate | Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] | pass | Set your home in California to see |
Actions
- Oct 1, 2025 · Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 232, Statutes of 2025. - Oct 1, 2025 · Legislature
Approved by the Governor. - Sep 9, 2025 · Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - Sep 3, 2025 · Senate
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2444.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - Aug 28, 2025 · Senate
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - Aug 28, 2025 · House
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate. - Aug 21, 2025 · House
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. - Aug 20, 2025 · House
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). - Jul 15, 2025 · House
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. - Jul 3, 2025 · House
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. - Jun 30, 2025 · House
July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - Jun 5, 2025 · House
Referred to Com. on TRANS. - May 29, 2025 · House
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. - May 29, 2025 · Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1331.) Ordered to the Assembly. - Apr 8, 2025 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - Apr 7, 2025 · Senate
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. - Mar 28, 2025 · Senate
Set for hearing April 7. - Mar 26, 2025 · Senate
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. - Mar 17, 2025 · Senate
Set for hearing March 25. - Mar 12, 2025 · Senate
Referred to Com. on TRANS. - Feb 24, 2025 · Senate
Read first time. - Feb 24, 2025 · Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - Feb 21, 2025 · Senate
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.