---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous materials: release."
description: "Hazardous materials: release."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1620"
citation: "California AB 1620 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous materials: release."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torlakson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14adf0cb-78dd-4639-ab68-3bdf7f1d5f35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1620"
source_hash: "88c4cf6bb707e8a6ba7b673b5826f9b97a43ceb8b7c42747f1eb6d7172b32a60"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1620 (19992000) — Hazardous materials: release.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1620&version=19990AB162099INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1620&version=19990AB162098AMD)
3. **06/02/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1620&version=19990AB162097AMD)
4. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1620&version=19990AB162096AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1620&version=19990AB162094CHP)
6. **AB1620** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1620)
7. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1620&version=19990AB162095ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1620 TORLAKSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1620 TORLAKSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1620 Torlakson By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torlakson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 925, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3443.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 2557.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 2483.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Assembly Rule 69 (d) suspended.
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-28** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **1999-05-27** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Torlakson.
- **1999-05-25** Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78.
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14adf0cb-78dd-4639-ab68-3bdf7f1d5f35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).