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type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous waste: latex paint: collection facility."
description: "(1) Existing law generally prohibits any person from disposing of latex paint, unless authorized, but allows recyclable latex paint to be accepted at any location if specified requirements are met concerning the management of that paint. Existing law authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to allow a household hazardous waste collection facility to accept hazardous waste from a conditionally exempt small quantity generator (CESQG) under specified conditions. A violation of the requirements concerning hazardous waste is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 255"
citation: "California AB 255 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous waste: latex paint: collection facility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-03"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d758cdff-03b0-43d0-a037-39b43e105020"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB255"
source_hash: "ab95dbb85db6a0e67a489d37700769dc43703037bc5cf29f9a53dd546de9f438"
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 255 (20112012) — Hazardous waste: latex paint: collection facility.
(1) Existing law generally prohibits any person from disposing of latex paint, unless authorized, but allows recyclable latex paint to be accepted at any location if specified requirements are met concerning the management of that paint. Existing law authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to allow a household hazardous waste collection facility to accept hazardous waste from a conditionally exempt small quantity generator (CESQG) under specified conditions. A violation of the requirements concerning hazardous waste is a crime.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/03/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB255&version=20110AB25599INT)
2. **04/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB255&version=20110AB25598AMD)
3. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB255&version=20110AB25596CHP)
4. **AB255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB255)
5. **08/22/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB255&version=20110AB25597ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- AB 255 WIECKOWSKI Consent Calendar Second Day — **700** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **80** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB255 Wieckowski By Lowenthal — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wieckowski — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2011-02-18** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1356.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1961.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d758cdff-03b0-43d0-a037-39b43e105020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).