republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-274.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste: landfills: closure plans."
description: "Existing law requires an operator of a solid waste disposal facility to pay a quarterly fee to the State Board of Equalization (state board) based on the amount of solid waste disposed of at each disposal site. Commencing with the 1995–96 fiscal year, the act requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board (board) to establish the amount of the fee, as specified, and limits the fee to a maximum of $1.40 per ton. The fees are required to be deposited in the Integrated Waste Management Account in the Integrated Waste Management Fund, and the board is authorized to expend the money in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer and implement the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 274"
citation: "California AB 274 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste: landfills: closure plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-12"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8bafb6c-d456-42b2-8726-1d16952b258a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274"
source_hash: "5f914fde3b03df213beddef8f3af70cd3b311b9183f61ceb779e5fa39d549e64"
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 274 (20092010) — Solid waste: landfills: closure plans.

Existing law requires an operator of a solid waste disposal facility to pay a quarterly fee to the State Board of Equalization (state board) based on the amount of solid waste disposed of at each disposal site. Commencing with the 1995–96 fiscal year, the act requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board (board) to establish the amount of the fee, as specified, and limits the fee to a maximum of $1.40 per ton. The fees are required to be deposited in the Integrated Waste Management Account in the Integrated Waste Management Fund, and the board is authorized to expend the money in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer and implement the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274&version=20090AB27499INT)
2. **06/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274&version=20090AB27498AMD)
3. **07/09/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274&version=20090AB27497AMD)
4. **09/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274&version=20090AB27496AMD)
5. **09/04/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274&version=20090AB27495AMD)
6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274&version=20090AB27493CHP)
7. **AB274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274)
8. **09/22/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB274&version=20090AB27494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 274 Portantino Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 274 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB274 Portantino By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1835.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-26** 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-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2338.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 3288.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8bafb6c-d456-42b2-8726-1d16952b258a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).