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Bill	Solid waste: engineered municipal solid waste (EMSW) conversion.	(1) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (act) , 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. With certain exceptions, the source reduction and recycling element of that plan is required to divert 50% of all solid waste, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. Existing law allows the 50% diversion requirement to include, pursuant to specified conditions, not more than 10% through biomass conversion, which is defined as the controlled combustion of specific materials for use in producing electricity or heat. Existing law defines the term "transformation" and excludes from that definition composting, gasification, and biomass conversion.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1126	California AB 1126 (20132014)	bill	Solid waste: engineered municipal solid waste (EMSW) conversion.	enacted	Gordon	11	33	6	2013-02-22	2013-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/f09dab2a-2a4d-4115-859c-b49f791227ef	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1126	63fbd60fff8b98b0169279549f6c44cb5a394df38c3b3d55c8800193c146257b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1126 (20132014) — Solid waste: engineered municipal solid waste (EMSW) conversion.

(1) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (act) , 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. With certain exceptions, the source reduction and recycling element of that plan is required to divert 50% of all solid waste, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. Existing law allows the 50% diversion requirement to include, pursuant to specified conditions, not more than 10% through biomass conversion, which is defined as the controlled combustion of specific materials for use in producing electricity or heat. Existing law defines the term "transformation" and excludes from that definition composting, gasification, and biomass conversion.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/08/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/12/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/14/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/28/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1126 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/16/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1126 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1126 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1126 Gordon By Hill — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gordon — primary (person)
• Mullin — author (person)
• Wilk — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-21 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2013-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2013-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-08 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1701.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2013-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-08-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-19 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2230.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3116.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 411, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f09dab2a-2a4d-4115-859c-b49f791227ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).