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Bill	Organic waste: composting.	Existing law requires, until January 1, 2021, the California Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, and the Department of Food and Agriculture, to develop and implement policies to aid in diverting organic waste from landfills by promoting the composting of specified organic waste and by promoting the appropriate use of that compost throughout the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1981	California AB 1981 (20172018)	bill	Organic waste: composting.	enacted	Limón	9	28	6	2018-01-31	2018-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/dc82bd6b-e3ca-4aef-bc28-8b511d7e82b1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981	f12dd88c6f9cb5b67e3cd6dbd6694af2152cf42e86ae8099ced1e50f19ae5dc1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1981 (20172018) — Organic waste: composting.

Existing law requires, until January 1, 2021, the California Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, and the Department of Food and Agriculture, to develop and implement policies to aid in diverting organic waste from landfills by promoting the composting of specified organic waste and by promoting the appropriate use of that compost throughout the state.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/06/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/21/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1981 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1981 LIMÓN Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1981 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1981 Limón By Stern — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Limón — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
• 2018-03-15 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-30 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-05-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5436.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5889.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
• 2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6978.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc82bd6b-e3ca-4aef-bc28-8b511d7e82b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).