---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste: multifamily dwellings."
description: "The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 establishes an integrated waste management program administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The act requires a local jurisdiction to adopt an ordinance requiring the provision of adequate areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials in development projects, including residential buildings having 5 or more living units. A local agency is prohibited from issuing a building permit to a development project, unless the project provides adequate areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 818"
citation: "California AB 818 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste: multifamily dwellings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenfield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a44ea0d9-9082-4a0b-bbda-7b42a92d8b4e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB818"
source_hash: "6795d40a14664a94fee24848fb9568b76cf9795000cac6bbf9bcb46f34d0f97a"
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 818 (20112012) — Solid waste: multifamily dwellings.

The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 establishes an integrated waste management program administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The act requires a local jurisdiction to adopt an ordinance requiring the provision of adequate areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials in development projects, including residential buildings having 5 or more living units. A local agency is prohibited from issuing a building permit to a development project, unless the project provides adequate areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB818&version=20110AB81899INT)
2. **07/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB818&version=20110AB81898AMD)
3. **09/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB818&version=20110AB81896CHP)
4. **AB818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB818)
5. **08/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB818&version=20110AB81897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 818 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — **51–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 818 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB818 Blumenfield By Pavley — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **6–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blumenfield — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 1467.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 1855.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 2481.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a44ea0d9-9082-4a0b-bbda-7b42a92d8b4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).