Existing law, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, establishes a compost market program to increase the use of compost products, including requiring the Department of General Services and the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to maintain specifications for the purchase of compost by the state and requiring the Department of Transportation to use compost in place of, or to supplement, petroleum-based commercial fertilizers in the state's highway landscape maintenance program.
California AB 2411 (20172018) — Solid waste: use of compost: planning.
Existing law, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, establishes a compost market program to increase the use of compost products, including requiring the Department of General Services and the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to maintain specifications for the purchase of compost by the state and requiring the Department of Transportation to use compost in place of, or to supplement, petroleum-based commercial fertilizers in the state's highway landscape maintenance program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB2411 McCarty et al. By Skinner — 36–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2411 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2411 MCCARTY Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McCarty — primary (person)
Eggman — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2018-03-05 Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2018-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2018-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2018-04-02 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-30 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
2018-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5215.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-30 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
2018-06-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5233.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6243.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-08-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-08-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 238, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc84ac55-4757-425a-a122-2fbf34eebcd6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).