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type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous waste: photovoltaic modules."
description: "The Hazardous Waste Control Law, among other things, vests the Department of Toxic Substances Control with the authority to regulate the generation and disposal of hazardous waste. Under now-expired authority, the department adopted regulations exempting specified hazardous waste management activities from certain statutory requirements related to hazardous waste management. These regulations are to remain valid unless repealed. A violation of the Hazardous Waste Control Law, including a regulation adopted pursuant to that law, is a crime. Under existing law, the hazardous wastes that are deemed exempt from the Hazardous Waste Control Law are known as \"universal waste\" and are regulated pursuant to universal waste management provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "California SB 489 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous waste: photovoltaic modules."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1730150f-6149-46d0-be25-7563b06a0cc8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB489"
source_hash: "a25fa86b8aa2264dd057b2727893652a928d3dc226bdd8873b0c78e1acdf91ff"
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 SB 489 (20152016) — Hazardous waste: photovoltaic modules.
The Hazardous Waste Control Law, among other things, vests the Department of Toxic Substances Control with the authority to regulate the generation and disposal of hazardous waste. Under now-expired authority, the department adopted regulations exempting specified hazardous waste management activities from certain statutory requirements related to hazardous waste management. These regulations are to remain valid unless repealed. A violation of the Hazardous Waste Control Law, including a regulation adopted pursuant to that law, is a crime. Under existing law, the hazardous wastes that are deemed exempt from the Hazardous Waste Control Law are known as "universal waste" and are regulated pursuant to universal waste management provisions.
## 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=201520160SB489&version=20150SB48999INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB489&version=20150SB48998AMD)
3. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB489&version=20150SB48997AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB489&version=20150SB48996AMD)
5. **08/24/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB489&version=20150SB48995AMD)
6. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB489&version=20150SB48993CHP)
7. **SB489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB489)
8. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB489&version=20150SB48994ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading — **350** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 489 Monning Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **761** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9**400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Monning — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 649.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2015-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 779.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 881.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Holden.
- **2015-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-08-24** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2628.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2378.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 419, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1730150f-6149-46d0-be25-7563b06a0cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).