AB 1149: Recycling: market development payments: polyethylene terephthalate plastic.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. August 25, 2026Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Jackson.
2. August 20, 2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
3. August 20, 2026Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
4. August 18, 2026Ordered to special consent calendar.
5. August 13, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
6. August 13, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
7. June 29, 2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
8. June 18, 2026Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
9. June 17, 2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17).
10. May 28, 2026In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
11. May 13, 2026Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
12. April 30, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.