(1) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan containing specified components, including a source reduction component, a recycling component, and a composting component. With certain exceptions, the source reduction and recycling element of that plan is required to divert 50% of all solid waste from landfill disposal or transformation by January 1, 2000, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. The department is required to file an annual progress report with the Legislature by March 1 that includes specified information regarding the act.
California AB 341 (20112012) — Solid waste: diversion.
(1) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan containing specified components, including a source reduction component, a recycling component, and a composting component. With certain exceptions, the source reduction and recycling element of that plan is required to divert 50% of all solid waste from landfill disposal or transformation by January 1, 2000, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. The department is required to file an annual progress report with the Legislature by March 1 that includes specified information regarding the act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–3 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
AB 341 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — 48–28 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
AB 341 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 49–29 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Chesbro — primary (person)
Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
Padilla — principal coauthor (person)
Williams — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2011-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2011-04-18 Measure version as amended on April 6 corrected. amendment-passage
2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-05 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 1674.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-15 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 2386.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2011-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 29. Page 3129.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 476, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2382f86-6c6c-4d5c-a955-80682fd2311b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).