republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-876.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compostable organics."
description: "The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, establishes an integrated waste management program. Existing law requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan. On and after January 1, 2000, the element is required to provide for the diversion of 50% of the solid waste subject to the element, except as specified, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. Existing law requires each city, county, and regional agency to submit an annual report to the department summarizing its progress in reducing solid waste."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 876"
citation: "California AB 876 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Compostable organics."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c614e3ae-c175-40ac-91e1-5f7a7b50d032"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB876"
source_hash: "c4ecf1a80b6f9ad894dee42bfdb216b4d9d30b44376840514576beb0e8b8d0a6"
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 876 (20152016) — Compostable organics.

The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, establishes an integrated waste management program. Existing law requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan. On and after January 1, 2000, the element is required to provide for the diversion of 50% of the solid waste subject to the element, except as specified, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. Existing law requires each city, county, and regional agency to submit an annual report to the department summarizing its progress in reducing solid waste.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB876&version=20150AB87699INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB876&version=20150AB87698AMD)
3. **06/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB876&version=20150AB87697AMD)
4. **10/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB876&version=20150AB87695CHP)
5. **AB876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB876)
6. **08/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB876&version=20150AB87696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB876 McCarty By Wolk — **26–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 876 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — **53–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-16** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** 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, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 1871.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2147.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 593, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c614e3ae-c175-40ac-91e1-5f7a7b50d032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).