Safe Drinking and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986: appeal: notice to the Attorney General.
The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 65 at the November 4, 1986, statewide general election, prohibits a person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from knowingly discharging or releasing that chemical into water, or into or onto land and passing into any source of drinking water, except as specified. The act authorizes a person, acting in the public interest, to bring an action to enforce the requirements of the act if that person has given a notice of violation to the Attorney General, the district attorney and a city attorney or prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the violation is alleged to have occurred, and the alleged violator 60 days before the commencement of the action and neither the Attorney General nor a district attorney nor a city attorney or prosecutor has commenced and is diligently prosecuting an action against the alleged violator.
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California Legislature
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AB 1123
California AB 1123 (20192020)
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Safe Drinking and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986: appeal: notice to the Attorney General.
California AB 1123 (20192020) — Safe Drinking and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986: appeal: notice to the Attorney General.
The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 65 at the November 4, 1986, statewide general election, prohibits a person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from knowingly discharging or releasing that chemical into water, or into or onto land and passing into any source of drinking water, except as specified. The act authorizes a person, acting in the public interest, to bring an action to enforce the requirements of the act if that person has given a notice of violation to the Attorney General, the district attorney and a city attorney or prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the violation is alleged to have occurred, and the alleged violator 60 days before the commencement of the action and neither the Attorney General nor a district attorney nor a city attorney or prosecutor has commenced and is diligently prosecuting an action against the alleged violator.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Reyes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2019-03-07 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 1465.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and EQ. referral-committee
2019-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2202.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-19 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2019-08-22 Enrolled measure version corrected.
2019-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-08-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-08-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf6667ad-5eab-49a6-8724-ddcea8b610b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).