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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Organic waste: composting."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1981"
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citation: "California AB 1981 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Organic waste: composting."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-31"
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last_action: "2018-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc82bd6b-e3ca-4aef-bc28-8b511d7e82b1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981"
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source_hash: "f12dd88c6f9cb5b67e3cd6dbd6694af2152cf42e86ae8099ced1e50f19ae5dc1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1981 (20172018) — Organic waste: composting.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/31/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981&version=20170AB198199INT)
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2. **03/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981&version=20170AB198198AMD)
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3. **04/30/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981&version=20170AB198197AMD)
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4. **06/28/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981&version=20170AB198196AMD)
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5. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981&version=20170AB198195AMD)
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6. **08/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981&version=20170AB198194AMD)
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7. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981&version=20170AB198192CHP)
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8. **AB1981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981)
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9. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1981&version=20170AB198193ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1981 LIMÓN Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1981 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1981 Limón By Stern — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Limón — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
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- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5436.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **2018-08-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5889.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
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- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6978.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc82bd6b-e3ca-4aef-bc28-8b511d7e82b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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