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Bill	Hazardous materials: releases: local agency cleanup.	Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies, as defined. Existing law requires successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and to, among other things, perform obligations required pursuant to any enforceable obligation, including, but not limited to, any obligations under the Polanco Redevelopment Act to remedy or remove the release of hazardous substances within a project area consistent with state and federal laws, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 440	California AB 440 (20132014)	bill	Hazardous materials: releases: local agency cleanup.	enacted	Gatto	7	31	10	2013-02-15	2013-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/10c5b09e-6363-4b4f-a206-040cfa7963e5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB440	75ebae4feb88c09a19dec62da2c46a39a79b6a35af50e170845ba8dad6c1dd19	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 440 (20132014) — Hazardous materials: releases: local agency cleanup.

Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies, as defined. Existing law requires successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and to, among other things, perform obligations required pursuant to any enforceable obligation, including, but not limited to, any obligations under the Polanco Redevelopment Act to remedy or remove the release of hazardous substances within a project area consistent with state and federal laws, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/12/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/05/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB440 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/20/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 440 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Supp 3 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 440 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — 75–1 (pass) · lower
• From Committee: Amendments returned with further amendements to Senate floor for consideration. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gatto — primary (person)
• Mullin — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2013-02-28 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2013-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1741.) 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
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-12 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2013-09-10 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.Q. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 10). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 2413.)
• 2013-09-12 From committee: That the measure be returned with further amendments to the Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (September 12). committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 2421.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2428.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2013-09-12 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3359.)
• 2013-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 3359.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10c5b09e-6363-4b4f-a206-040cfa7963e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).