The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste. Existing law requires disposal facility operators to submit information to counties from periodic tracking surveys on the disposal tonnages that are disposed of at the disposal facility by jurisdiction or region of origin. Existing law requires solid waste handlers and transfer station operators to provide information to the disposal facility on the origin of the solid waste they deliver to the disposal facility. Existing law requires recycling and composting facilities to submit periodic information to counties on the types and quantities of materials that are disposed of, sold to end users, or sold to exporters or transporters for sale outside of the state, by county of origin. Existing law requires counties to submit periodic reports to the cities within the county, to any regional agency of which the county is a member, and to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery on the amounts of solid waste disposed of by jurisdiction or region of origin, and on the categories and amounts of solid waste diverted to recycling and composting facilities within the county or region. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt regulations in this regard.
California AB 901 (20152016) — Solid waste: reporting requirements: enforcement.
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste. Existing law requires disposal facility operators to submit information to counties from periodic tracking surveys on the disposal tonnages that are disposed of at the disposal facility by jurisdiction or region of origin. Existing law requires solid waste handlers and transfer station operators to provide information to the disposal facility on the origin of the solid waste they deliver to the disposal facility. Existing law requires recycling and composting facilities to submit periodic information to counties on the types and quantities of materials that are disposed of, sold to end users, or sold to exporters or transporters for sale outside of the state, by county of origin. Existing law requires counties to submit periodic reports to the cities within the county, to any regional agency of which the county is a member, and to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery on the amounts of solid waste disposed of by jurisdiction or region of origin, and on the categories and amounts of solid waste diverted to recycling and composting facilities within the county or region. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt regulations in this regard.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 901 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 901 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 78–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB901 Gordon By Wieckowski — 26–10 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Gordon — primary (person)
Williams — coauthor (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
2015-04-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-04-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 2. Page 1719.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2015-06-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-07-02 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
2015-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 2695.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3145.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 746, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23e07be9-b019-4095-ac87-60bb92422108. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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