republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1249.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inedible kitchen grease transporters: dead animal haulers."
description: "(1) Existing law regulates transporters of inedible kitchen grease, and requires those transporters to be registered and pay a specified registration fee. Existing law also authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to assess an additional fee on transporters of inedible kitchen grease, as specified, for purposes of administering the provisions regulating these transporters. Under existing law, this additional fee authority will become inoperative on July 1, 2010, and will be repealed on January 1, 2011. Other provisions of existing law make a violation of these provisions a crime and require the funds collected to be deposited into the continuously appropriated Food and Agriculture Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1249"
citation: "California AB 1249 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Inedible kitchen grease transporters: dead animal haulers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45948b0a-ba91-4e1d-a36c-5effbbf22597"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1249"
source_hash: "06240e624b872a3e8c4ea276653abdb90ee650a8bd58e7134031cc9cca6103eb"
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 1249 (20092010) — Inedible kitchen grease transporters: dead animal haulers.

(1) Existing law regulates transporters of inedible kitchen grease, and requires those transporters to be registered and pay a specified registration fee. Existing law also authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to assess an additional fee on transporters of inedible kitchen grease, as specified, for purposes of administering the provisions regulating these transporters. Under existing law, this additional fee authority will become inoperative on July 1, 2010, and will be repealed on January 1, 2011. Other provisions of existing law make a violation of these provisions a crime and require the funds collected to be deposited into the continuously appropriated Food and Agriculture Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1249&version=20090AB124999INT)
2. **06/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1249&version=20090AB124998AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1249&version=20090AB124996CHP)
4. **AB1249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1249)
5. **09/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1249&version=20090AB124997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1249 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1249 GALGIANI Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1249 Galgiani By Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1630.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on F. & A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on F. & A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2009-07-23** (Page 1804.)
- **2009-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2050.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2970.)
- **2009-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 2993.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 280, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45948b0a-ba91-4e1d-a36c-5effbbf22597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).