---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste facilities: permits."
description: "Solid waste facilities: permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1497"
citation: "California AB 1497 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste facilities: permits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montanez"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5996540-a9cd-4156-a8ed-0b42528a69a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497"
source_hash: "33fe5a3584b999d056719f69600896fed523e71849c7aff3e18500237cb2f31b"
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 1497 (20032004) — Solid waste facilities: permits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149799INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149798AMD)
3. **05/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149797AMD)
4. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149796AMD)
5. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149795AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149794AMD)
7. **09/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149793AMD)
8. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149792AMD)
9. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149790CHP)
10. **AB1497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497)
11. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1497&version=20030AB149791ENR)

## Votes

- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1497 montanez by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1497 montanez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1497 montanez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montanez — primary (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Nunez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 823, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 34. Page 3798.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 16. Page 2432.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2047.)
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 34. Page 2208.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 7.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (May 8). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Standing Committee on Natural Resources) (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1379.).
- **2003-04-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/a5996540-a9cd-4156-a8ed-0b42528a69a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).