republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2902.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous substances."
description: "(1) The Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act generally regulates aboveground storage tanks that contain petroleum and that meet certain requirements. The act defines an \"aboveground storage tank\" as a tank that has the capacity to store 55 gallons or more of petroleum and that is substantially or totally above the surface of the ground or is a tank in an underground area, as defined, except for certain types of tanks and vessels. A tank containing hazardous waste or extremely hazardous waste is not regulated pursuant to the act if the Department of Toxic Substances Control has issued a hazardous waste facilities permit for the tank to the person owning or operating the tank. The act defines \"tank in an underground area\" to mean a storage tank that meets certain specifications and requirements, including that the storage tank is located in a structure that is at least 10% below the ground surface, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2902"
citation: "California AB 2902 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous substances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b072c7f-e56b-438a-8a7e-5dba1a4aee53"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2902"
source_hash: "891c47c7454eacbc648ebc2df9c025a72ff417dc1d465340005d0e14c7b51fc9"
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 AB 2902 (20172018) — Hazardous substances.

(1) The Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act generally regulates aboveground storage tanks that contain petroleum and that meet certain requirements. The act defines an "aboveground storage tank" as a tank that has the capacity to store 55 gallons or more of petroleum and that is substantially or totally above the surface of the ground or is a tank in an underground area, as defined, except for certain types of tanks and vessels. A tank containing hazardous waste or extremely hazardous waste is not regulated pursuant to the act if the Department of Toxic Substances Control has issued a hazardous waste facilities permit for the tank to the person owning or operating the tank. The act defines "tank in an underground area" to mean a storage tank that meets certain specifications and requirements, including that the storage tank is located in a structure that is at least 10% below the ground surface, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2902&version=20170AB290299INT)
2. **03/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2902&version=20170AB290298AMD)
3. **05/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2902&version=20170AB290297AMD)
4. **08/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2902&version=20170AB290296AMD)
5. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2902&version=20170AB290294CHP)
6. **AB2902** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2902)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2902&version=20170AB290295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2902 E.S. & T.M. Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2902 E.S. & T.M. (Quirk) By Gaines — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2902 E.S. & T.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By QUIRK — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4646.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-08-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** 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 5877.). `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.)
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6896.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 721, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b072c7f-e56b-438a-8a7e-5dba1a4aee53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).