---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous materials: business plans."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program, including a statewide information management system for purposes of receiving data collected by unified program agencies. A city or local agency that meets specified requirements is authorized to apply to the secretary to implement the unified program and be certified as a certified unified program agency (CUPA) , and every county is required to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1261"
citation: "California SB 1261 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous materials: business plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61836fe-a29b-42f4-9c0b-fa2c7ff2588e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261"
source_hash: "1358afb0d33a1fdfd47a01a5db5f861f4c5f57eeba6c833da46d3e5b374d2013"
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 1261 (20132014) — Hazardous materials: business plans.

(1) Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program, including a statewide information management system for purposes of receiving data collected by unified program agencies. A city or local agency that meets specified requirements is authorized to apply to the secretary to implement the unified program and be certified as a certified unified program agency (CUPA) , and every county is required to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261&version=20130SB126199INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261&version=20130SB126198AMD)
3. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261&version=20130SB126197AMD)
4. **06/12/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261&version=20130SB126196AMD)
5. **08/07/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261&version=20130SB126195AMD)
6. **08/20/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261&version=20130SB126194AMD)
7. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261&version=20130SB126192CHP)
8. **SB1261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261)
9. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1261&version=20130SB126193ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1261 Jackson Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1261 Jackson Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB1261 Jackson Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** (Corrected March 10.)
- **2014-04-04** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2014-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3341.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2014-05-12** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3713.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 3691.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-09** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time and amended. (Page 5909.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5967.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-13** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2014-08-13** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2014-08-14** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-08-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-20** Read third time and amended. (Page 6223.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6407.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 715, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e61836fe-a29b-42f4-9c0b-fa2c7ff2588e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).