---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous waste: enforcement."
description: "Existing law permits the Department of Toxic Substances Control or an agency authorized to implement and enforce certain laws relating to hazardous materials, known as a unified program agency, to enforce the Hazardous Waste Control Law. Existing law authorizes the department or a unified program agency to issue an order that requires a violation to be corrected and imposes an administrative penalty when there is a violation of the hazardous waste control laws, laws regulating hazardous substances, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to those laws. Under existing law, a person who does not comply with the order is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each day of noncompliance. In lieu of an administrative penalty, existing law makes any person who intentionally or negligently makes a false statement or representation for purposes of compliance with the hazardous waste control laws, violates a provision of the hazardous waste control laws, disposes or causes the disposal of a hazardous waste at an unauthorized site, or treats or stores a hazardous waste at an unauthorized site liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 245"
citation: "California AB 245 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous waste: enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93977886-4386-4936-9d47-15f381a156fb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB245"
source_hash: "0e829e4a6faac920ceb1563dd46a205ab5ae936575d3e0d8ce8fc0370512bc1a"
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 245 (20172018) — Hazardous waste: enforcement.

Existing law permits the Department of Toxic Substances Control or an agency authorized to implement and enforce certain laws relating to hazardous materials, known as a unified program agency, to enforce the Hazardous Waste Control Law. Existing law authorizes the department or a unified program agency to issue an order that requires a violation to be corrected and imposes an administrative penalty when there is a violation of the hazardous waste control laws, laws regulating hazardous substances, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to those laws. Under existing law, a person who does not comply with the order is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each day of noncompliance. In lieu of an administrative penalty, existing law makes any person who intentionally or negligently makes a false statement or representation for purposes of compliance with the hazardous waste control laws, violates a provision of the hazardous waste control laws, disposes or causes the disposal of a hazardous waste at an unauthorized site, or treats or stores a hazardous waste at an unauthorized site liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB245&version=20170AB24599INT)
2. **06/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB245&version=20170AB24598AMD)
3. **07/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB245&version=20170AB24597AMD)
4. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB245&version=20170AB24596AMD)
5. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB245&version=20170AB24594CHP)
6. **AB245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB245)
7. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB245&version=20170AB24595ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 245 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 245 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **49–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB245 Quirk et al. By Leyva — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — author (person)
- Gomez — author (person)
- Reyes — author (person)
- Santiago — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 10. Page 1304.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2684.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)
- **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 3279.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93977886-4386-4936-9d47-15f381a156fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).