--- type: "Bill" title: "Hazardous waste." description: "The Hazardous Waste Control Law, among other things, authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the generation and disposal of hazardous waste." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 673" citation: "California SB 673 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hazardous waste."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Lara"] version_count: 8 action_count: 30 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2015-02-27" last_action: "2015-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3a0014-77b9-4596-8bbd-c0762164ffc0" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673" source_hash: "25fdde2e5dc5e06907a6e4c6f666da694721b34dbeddeb878b75c1a963d6105f" 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 SB 673 (20152016) — Hazardous waste. The Hazardous Waste Control Law, among other things, authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the generation and disposal of hazardous waste. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673&version=20150SB67399INT) 2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673&version=20150SB67398AMD) 3. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673&version=20150SB67397AMD) 4. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673&version=20150SB67396AMD) 5. **09/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673&version=20150SB67395AMD) 6. **10/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673&version=20150SB67393CHP) 7. **SB673** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673) 8. **09/15/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB673&version=20150SB67394ENR) ## Votes - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading SB673 Lara Motions — **21–14** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB673 Lara Concurrence — **31–7** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper - SB 673 Lara Senate Third Reading By SANTIAGO — **50–25** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Lara — primary (person) - Santiago — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1. - **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 29. - **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 859.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18. - **2015-05-18** May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28. - **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1158.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 1192.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-04** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 3095.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2754.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m. - **2015-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 611, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b3a0014-77b9-4596-8bbd-c0762164ffc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).