Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program, known as the unified program. Existing law requires every county to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program, and authorizes a city or local agency that meets specified requirements to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program, as a certified unified program agency, or CUPA. Existing law authorizes a state or local agency that has a written agreement with a CUPA, and is approved by the secretary, to implement or enforce one or more of the unified program elements as a participating agency. Existing law defines "unified program agency," to mean the CUPA or its participating agencies, as provided. Existing law requires the secretary to establish a statewide information management system capable of receiving all data collected by the CUPA or participating agency and reported by regulated businesses. Existing law requires a business that handles a hazardous material and that meets any of specified conditions, including handling a specified amount of a hazardous material, to establish and implement a business plan for a response to a release or threatened release of the hazardous material and to electronically submit the plan annually to the statewide information management system.
California AB 1429 (20192020) — Hazardous materials: business plans.
Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program, known as the unified program. Existing law requires every county to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program, and authorizes a city or local agency that meets specified requirements to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program, as a certified unified program agency, or CUPA. Existing law authorizes a state or local agency that has a written agreement with a CUPA, and is approved by the secretary, to implement or enforce one or more of the unified program elements as a participating agency. Existing law defines "unified program agency," to mean the CUPA or its participating agencies, as provided. Existing law requires the secretary to establish a statewide information management system capable of receiving all data collected by the CUPA or participating agency and reported by regulated businesses. Existing law requires a business that handles a hazardous material and that meets any of specified conditions, including handling a specified amount of a hazardous material, to establish and implement a business plan for a response to a release or threatened release of the hazardous material and to electronically submit the plan annually to the statewide information management system.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar AB1429 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1429 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1429 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Chen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-18 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2019-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2019-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1359.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-08 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
2019-05-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-06-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-06-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1607.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-06-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-06-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2454.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 66, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/294c47e4-456a-4291-a428-242a86a54a34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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