Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program. Existing law requires every county to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program and allows a city or local agency to implement the unified program as a unified program agency. Existing law requires a stationary source, as defined, engaging in activities with certain substances present in more than a threshold quantity to prepare and submit a risk management plan, if the unified program agency makes a determination that there is a significant likelihood of a regulated substances accident risk.
California AB 55 (20172018) — Hazardous materials management: stationary sources.
Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program. Existing law requires every county to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program and allows a city or local agency to implement the unified program as a unified program agency. Existing law requires a stationary source, as defined, engaging in activities with certain substances present in more than a threshold quantity to prepare and submit a risk management plan, if the unified program agency makes a determination that there is a significant likelihood of a regulated substances accident risk.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2017-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2017-03-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 1473.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2017-06-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2346.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 2911.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2017-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85b269d7-a76b-4e51-b8ef-bdb9ac2710b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).