--- type: "Bill" title: "Hazardous waste: waste facilities: prohibited chemicals." description: "The hazardous waste control laws prohibit the use of a nonbiodegradable toxic chemical in a chemical toilet, recreational vehicle, or waste facility of a vessel and prohibit the sale of a nonbiodegradable toxic chemical in a container that indicates that the chemical could be used in a chemical toilet, a waste facility of a recreational vehicle, or a waste facility of a vessel. Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to develop and adopt regulations to define nonbiodegradable toxic chemicals and limitations on the sale of those chemicals. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "SB 317" citation: "California SB 317 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hazardous waste: waste facilities: prohibited chemicals."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"] version_count: 7 action_count: 28 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2019-02-15" last_action: "2019-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb4957a-b28b-41fc-b97c-3f190655f76d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB317" source_hash: "bb56f09e1cf9ce7f87e1d38efd3535cbf66c47cbd3416fd142210e265be27204" 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 317 (20192020) — Hazardous waste: waste facilities: prohibited chemicals. The hazardous waste control laws prohibit the use of a nonbiodegradable toxic chemical in a chemical toilet, recreational vehicle, or waste facility of a vessel and prohibit the sale of a nonbiodegradable toxic chemical in a container that indicates that the chemical could be used in a chemical toilet, a waste facility of a recreational vehicle, or a waste facility of a vessel. Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to develop and adopt regulations to define nonbiodegradable toxic chemicals and limitations on the sale of those chemicals. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB317&version=20190SB31799INT) 2. **05/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB317&version=20190SB31798AMD) 3. **06/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB317&version=20190SB31797AMD) 4. **09/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB317&version=20190SB31796AMD) 5. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB317&version=20190SB31794CHP) 6. **SB317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB317) 7. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB317&version=20190SB31795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 317 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Grayson — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB317 Caballero et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading SB317 Caballero et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Caballero — primary (person) - Grayson — principal coauthor (person) - Robert Rivas — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-05** Set for hearing April 3. - **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 549.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-18** Set for hearing April 29. - **2019-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16. - **2019-05-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1096.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2019-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1265.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-08-14** August 14 hearing postponed by committee. - **2019-08-21** August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2019-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3181.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2019-09-10** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2019-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2785.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2019-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 367, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb4957a-b28b-41fc-b97c-3f190655f76d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).