CaliforniaCarpet plans require free drop-off and fund installer training
Carpet producers must post key product details, while recycling plans must offer free drop-off and set aside money for installer training.
What it does
People must be able to drop off used carpet for free at collection sites. Sites must meet minimum weekly hours and county-based Saturday schedules, with a special rule for the smallest counties.
Carpet producers must post online components that make up more than 1% of a product’s weight, plus intentionally added chemicals on the state’s candidate list. Trade secrets are exempt.
The program must allocate $2 million each year to labor organization apprenticeship programs that train carpet installers, with $1 million for each of two county groupings. The allocation is subject to available funds.
People removing carpet during installation must take it to a collection site. They may return it to the producer instead if the producer tracks the return and allows audits.
Argument forFree drop-off sites with set hours could make it easier for people to recycle old carpet instead of throwing it away.
Argument againstPosting product details could help people sort carpet, but producers may need to spend time identifying and publishing those details.
More detail
The producer responsibility plan must provide free carpet drop-off at collection sites that follow set hours. The plan covers carpet no longer used for its original purpose. Collection sites may include carpet recycling centers, municipal facilities, retailers, producer distribution centers, and qualifying waste facilities. Sites must be open at least 20 hours over at least four days each week. Saturday hours depend on county population, with a different rule for counties under 5,000 people. The producer responsibility organization must submit its plan within 12 months after the department’s regulations take effect; those regulations must take effect no later than January 1, 2029.
Producers must post specified product components on their websites. This applies to each covered carpet product. Producers must list components that make up more than 1% of the product’s weight and any intentionally added chemical on the state’s candidate list. Producers need not reveal trade secrets. The text gives no separate start date for this posting requirement.
The producer responsibility plan must allocate $2 million each year to specified apprenticeship programs. The grants support approved apprenticeship programs that train carpet installers in recycling practices. The program must allocate $1 million to an approved labor organization apprenticeship program in each of two county groupings, subject to available funds and the section’s grant requirements. Starting in 2028, amounts adjust for inflation by no more than 3% per year. The allocations begin January 1, 2027. Inflation adjustments begin January 1, 2028.
Carpet removed during installation must go to a collection site, unless it is returned to its producer under specified tracking and audit rules. This applies to a person who removes carpet from a residence or business as part of installing carpet. For the exception, the producer must keep and share collection information needed for program measures. The producer’s return process must be open to audits by the producer responsibility organization and the department. The transport requirement applies no later than January 1, 2029.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 27Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 508, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 27Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 14Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 1
- Vote recorded AB 904 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 31Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 7032.).Major
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB904 Aguiar-Curry By Cabaldon. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 31In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Aug 31Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).Passed Senate
- Aug 28Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 27Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 3In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 2Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 2From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).Major
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 23From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q.Major
- Jun 22Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.Minor
- Jun 15Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 (c).Minor
- Jun 15Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Jun 15Ordered to second reading.Minor
- Jun 15From inactive file.
- 2025
- Sep 11Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.
- Sep 4Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 3Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jul 1Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jun 30From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Jun 17From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 16
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.Minor
- May 20In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 19Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 4. Page 1605.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 904 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 15Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 30From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 23Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.Minor
- Apr 22From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 25Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.Minor
- Mar 24From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 24Referred to Com. on HUM. S.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Feb 19Read first time. To print.Introduced
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