AB 899 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Beverage containers: recycled glass: market development.

Summary

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.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Aug 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Sep 2025

Signed into Law

Oct 2025

Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Signed Oct 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

05/23/25 - Amended Assembly → 08/18/25 - Amended Senate · 5 edits · Aug 18, 2025

MODERATE

The Senate amendment removes the Assembly's new Section 14549.8, which would have created a separate market development payment specifically for California-made glass wine bottles (capped at $200 per ton and 25,000 tons per year per manufacturer). Instead, the Senate version retains only the general increase to the glass market development payment cap from $50 to $150 per ton under existing Section 14549.7, while adding language allowing the department to set payments at different levels within that cap. Legislative findings were also revised to remove wine-bottle-specific language.

SCOPE

Entire new Section 14549.8 was deleted. This section would have authorized a separate market development payment for manufacturers producing new glass wine bottles in California intended for sale to California beverage manufacturers, capped at $200 per ton with a 25,000-ton annual limit per manufacturer, funded from unallocated glass market development program funds.

Legislative finding (e) was changed from stating the program is underused 'because California wine producers are able to purchase foreign-made bottles cheaper than California-made bottles' to a broader statement about 'production, distribution, and recycling of glass.'

Legislative finding (f) was simplified, removing language about directing the department to use unallocated funds and the reference to 'enacting a' (which appeared to be a drafting error). It now simply states the intent to increase production and distribution of wine glass bottles by increasing the cap on market development payments.

REQUIREMENT

Section 14549.7(c) now states the department 'shall determine the amount of the market development payment, which may be set at different levels,' giving the department flexibility to vary payment rates among manufacturers while keeping the overall cap at $150 per ton.

FISCAL

Section 14581(a)(13) was restructured: the Assembly version had a confusing placement where the inoperative date for the $60 million appropriation was under paragraph (B)(ii). The Senate version correctly places it as subparagraph (A)(ii), making clear that the $60 million annual appropriation ends January 1, 2028, and the $20 million annual appropriation (requiring separate legislative appropriation) runs from January 1, 2028 to January 1, 2030.

04/03/25 - Amended Assembly → 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly · 7 edits · May 23, 2025

MODERATE

The May 23 amendment fundamentally restructures AB 899 by eliminating the GO-Biz administered 'Buy California Glass Bottle Procurement and Incentive Program' (a grant program for wineries to purchase California-made bottles) and replacing it with a market development payment mechanism administered by CalRecycle under the existing glass market development framework. The bill now increases the general glass market development payment cap from $50 to $150 per ton, adds a new Section 14549.8 authorizing payments up to $200 per ton specifically for in-state glass wine bottle production (capped at 25,000 tons per manufacturer per year), and extends the sunset of the general program from 2028 to 2030 with a reduced $20 million annual appropriation after 2028.

Scope change

The bill narrows its scope by removing the GO-Biz grant program for wineries and consolidating all action into CalRecycle's existing glass market development payment authority. The target of payments shifts from wineries (buyers) to container manufacturers (producers), and the legal basis moves from a new Government Code article to amendments within the Public Resources Code.

SCOPE

The entire 'Buy California Glass Bottle Procurement and Incentive Program' (Government Code Article 17, Sections 12100.180-12100.183) is deleted. This program would have allowed California wineries to apply for grants from GO-Biz to purchase wine bottles produced in California, with eligibility criteria including a history of purchasing foreign-made bottles and a commitment to buy only in-state bottles.

GO-Biz (Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development) is no longer involved in the bill. All references to GO-Biz administering the program are removed, along with the legislative finding about the California Competes Tax Credit program.

The bill's scope shifts from a dual approach (GO-Biz grant program for wineries plus CalRecycle market development payments) to a single mechanism: CalRecycle market development payments directed at glass wine bottle manufacturers, funded from unallocated funds in the existing $60 million glass market development program.

REQUIREMENT

New Section 14549.8 of the Public Resources Code authorizes CalRecycle to pay a market development payment to container manufacturers who produce new glass wine bottles in-state intended for sale to California beverage manufacturers, capped at $200 per ton and 25,000 tons per year per manufacturer.

FISCAL

The general glass market development payment cap in Section 14549.7(c) is increased from $50 per ton to $150 per ton, with new criteria for setting the amount including minimum funding levels needed to encourage in-state washing, processing, and manufacturing.

A new provision allows the department to expend up to $20,000,000 annually for glass market development payments on and after January 1, 2028 (reduced from the current $60,000,000), upon appropriation by the Legislature, until January 1, 2030.

TIMELINE

The sunset date for Section 14549.7 (general glass market development payments) is extended from January 1, 2028 to January 1, 2030.

Floor votes · Senate Sep 8, 2025 · Assembly Jun 3, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Sep 8, 2025

D Democratic30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican10

10 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Oct 11, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Sep 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Sep 8, 2025

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

lower

Sep 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Aug 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Aug 25, 2025

Committee

In committee: Referred to suspense file.

upper

Aug 18, 2025

Introduced

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

upper

Aug 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

upper

Jul 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

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.

upper

Jun 18, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on E.Q.

upper

Jun 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

May 23, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

May 7, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors