republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-273.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous waste and substances: corrective action: liability."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to issue an order under the hazardous waste control laws requiring that a violation be corrected and imposing a civil penalty to specified persons, including a person who has violated various provisions regulating hazardous waste or provisions concerning removal and remedial actions for hazardous substance releases. A person who is issued that order is required to pay for oversight of the removal or remedial action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 273"
citation: "California AB 273 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous waste and substances: corrective action: liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-11"
last_action: "2015-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/166ec99c-3104-4f10-b432-67c578b573be"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB273"
source_hash: "8aa965abe1b3343365619824627b3c905d5fca7d0306c26e744d3c099a638963"
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 273 (20152016) — Hazardous waste and substances: corrective action: liability.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to issue an order under the hazardous waste control laws requiring that a violation be corrected and imposing a civil penalty to specified persons, including a person who has violated various provisions regulating hazardous waste or provisions concerning removal and remedial actions for hazardous substance releases. A person who is issued that order is required to pay for oversight of the removal or remedial action.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB273&version=20150AB27399INT)
2. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB273&version=20150AB27398AMD)
3. **07/08/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB273&version=20150AB27397AMD)
4. **10/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB273&version=20150AB27395CHP)
5. **AB273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB273)
6. **09/03/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB273&version=20150AB27396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 273 E.S. & T.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ALEJO — **77–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 273 E.S. & T.M. Assembly Third Reading By ALEJO — **64–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB273 Committee On E.S. & T.M. (Alejo) By Jackson — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2015-02-23** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 1013.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-02** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 2278.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)
- **2015-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 2731.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 456, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/166ec99c-3104-4f10-b432-67c578b573be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).