republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2589.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: destruction of hazardous chemicals."
description: "Controlled substances: destruction of hazardous chemicals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2589"
citation: "California AB 2589 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: destruction of hazardous chemicals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardoza"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b3cbd2f-eb74-4439-b46c-c3029b105bf5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2589"
source_hash: "2fd080f9d0c28acb9fac21969e2f50619b08c283d0b01662ab4f85cfb8e33760"
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 2589 (20012002) — Controlled substances: destruction of hazardous chemicals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2589&version=20010AB258999INT)
2. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2589&version=20010AB258998AMD)
3. **06/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2589&version=20010AB258997AMD)
4. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2589&version=20010AB258996AMD)
5. **09/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2589&version=20010AB258994CHP)
6. **AB2589** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2589)
7. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2589&version=20010AB258995ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2589 Cardoza — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2589 Cardoza Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2589 Cardoza Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 443, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7671.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5371.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6457.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 22). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b3cbd2f-eb74-4439-b46c-c3029b105bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).