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Measure SB 731
Authors Archuleta  
Subject Trash receptacles and storage containers: reflective markings.
Relating To relating to public safety.
Title An act to amend Section 26275 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public safety.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-01
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-01     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 232, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-01     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-09     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-03     Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2444.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-08-28     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-28     In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-21     Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-08-20     From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
2025-07-15     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.
2025-07-03     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-30     July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-05     Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-05-29     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1331.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-29     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-04-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-07     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-03-28     Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-26     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.
2025-03-17     Set for hearing March 25.
2025-03-12     Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-02-24     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-01
Enrolled     2025-09-05
Amended Assembly     2025-07-03
Introduced     2025-02-21
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								A manufacturer who sells or provides for compensation a trash receptacle or storage container that is on a roadway or the curb of a roadway in order to be emptied or picked up shall mark the trash receptacle or storage container with a reflector on each side.
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								An owner, other than a manufacturer, of a trash receptacle or storage container that is on a roadway or the curb of a roadway in order to be emptied or picked up shall mark the trash receptacle or storage container with a reflector on each side.
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								Subject to paragraphs
						(2), (3), and (4), a trash receptacle or storage container subject to subdivision (a) shall have at least eight strips of reflective tape, each a minimum of two inches wide and two feet long. One tape strip shall be applied horizontally to each of the top and bottom portions of the four corners where the vertical walls of the trash receptacle or storage container meet, and be oriented so that approximately 12 inches of each tape strip is visible on each of the two outside walls to which it is applied. The reflective tape shall be fluorescent yellow and be made of high-performance retroreflective sheeting of American Society for Testing and Materials D4956-13 Type V, VIII, IX, or XI.
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								If reflective tape cannot be applied to a trash receptacle or storage container in the manner prescribed in paragraph (1)
						because of the design or a physical characteristic of the trash receptacle or storage container, the reflective tape shall be placed as close to the top and bottom of the trash receptacle or storage container as possible or on the center of the smaller outside facing walls of the trash receptacle or storage container.
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								A trash receptacle or storage container subject to subdivision (a) shall not be required to comply with the requirements in paragraphs (1) and (4) if the reflectors were applied to the trash receptacle or storage container before January 1, 2025.
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								For a storage container transported by truck and trailer, the reflective tape shall be fluorescent yellow, red, white, or alternating red and white, and be made of high-performance retroreflective sheeting of American Society for Testing and Materials D4956-13 Type IX or XI.
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								An owner of a trash receptacle or storage container that is on a roadway or the curb of a roadway in order to be emptied or picked up shall clearly label the trash receptacle or storage container with the owner’s name and current telephone number.
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								(1)
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								A manufacturer or an owner who violates this section shall be guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for the first violation of this section if not corrected
						within 14 days of notice, five hundred dollars ($500) for the second violation of this section if not corrected within 14 days of notice, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the third violation, or any subsequent violation, of this section if not corrected within 14 days of notice. The fines shall be deposited into the Accident Prevention and Road Safety Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund are available upon appropriation by the Legislature.
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								The Attorney General, or the district attorney or city attorney in the location where the violation is observed, may enforce this section.
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								For purposes of this subdivision, a violation means the failure to mark an individual trash receptacle or storage container as required pursuant to
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								For purposes of this subdivision, “owner” shall not mean a local governmental entity.
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								This section only applies to trash receptacles and storage containers that are longer than three feet in length and taller than four feet in height.
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								For purposes of this section, “provides for compensation” includes containers that are rented or provided as part of a service for which the owner or manufacturer receives compensation.
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Last Version Text Digest 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.