---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste facilities: orders."
description: "Solid waste facilities: orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2159"
citation: "California AB 2159 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste facilities: orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edb3ded9-0229-48d4-bb89-2b2a662b9297"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159"
source_hash: "399f0538a2541a220dc9c6de707aa82c328bec32c01024ea0c6558fa00c49d0f"
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 2159 (20032004) — Solid waste facilities: orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159&version=20030AB215999INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159&version=20030AB215998AMD)
3. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159&version=20030AB215997AMD)
4. **07/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159&version=20030AB215996AMD)
5. **08/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159&version=20030AB215995AMD)
6. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159&version=20030AB215993CHP)
7. **AB2159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159)
8. **08/19/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2159&version=20030AB215994ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab2159 reyes by florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2159 reyes concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2159 reyes assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 448, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 7372.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 10. Page 5043.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-27** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Corrected July 27. ). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** 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`
- **2004-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-03** Re-referred to Comm. on ENV. QUAL. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 10. Page 5980.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 2.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edb3ded9-0229-48d4-bb89-2b2a662b9297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).