republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-498.md

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Bill	Solid waste: biomass conversion.	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. 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 not more than 10% through transformation or "biomass conversion," as defined, if specified conditions are met. The act defines "biomass conversion," to mean the controlled combustion used for the production of heat or electricity of specified materials for the purposes of the act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 498	California SB 498 (20132014)	bill	Solid waste: biomass conversion.	enacted	Lara	9	34	9	2013-02-21	2014-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/f117729e-e864-46d3-9777-5a12a16a5d3f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB498	52a845252f70b9aa49e47eea8d439e62959aab36fa39ab2ac6c490474dedd43d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 498 (20132014) — Solid waste: biomass conversion.

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. 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 not more than 10% through transformation or "biomass conversion," as defined, if specified conditions are met. The act defines "biomass conversion," to mean the controlled combustion used for the production of heat or electricity of specified materials for the purposes of the act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/06/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/07/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 01/27/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/02/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/26/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB498 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/21/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB498 Lara Concurrence — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 498 Lara Senate Third Reading By BLOOM — 73–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2013-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2013-04-11 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-04-12 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2013-05-01 Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-12-19 Set for hearing January 15.
• 2014-01-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-01-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-01-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2615.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-01-17 Set for hearing January 21.
• 2014-01-21 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-01-22 Set for hearing January 23.
• 2014-01-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2644.) (January 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-01-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-01-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2667.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-01-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2014-04-24 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2014-06-09 Assembly Rule 56 (pending re-referral to Com. on E.S. & T.M.) suspended. (Page 5438.)
• 2014-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-06-17 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 6154.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-20 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4641.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2014-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 746, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f117729e-e864-46d3-9777-5a12a16a5d3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).