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Bill Contaminated sites: waste releases or surface or groundwater contamination: local oversight: remedial actions. (1) Whenever a release of waste occurs and remedial action is required, existing law authorizes a responsible party, as defined, to request that a local officer supervise the remedial action. Existing law authorizes a local officer to agree to supervise the remedial action if the local officer determines that certain conditions have been met. Existing law requires that remedial action to be carried out only pursuant to a remedial action agreement, which includes specified elements, entered into by the local officer and the responsible party, and authorizes the local officer to withdraw from the agreement, after giving the responsible party adequate notice, at any time after making specified findings. Existing law requires a local officer to provide written notification that includes specified information to the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the appropriate regional water quality control board at least 10 working days before entering into a remedial action agreement with a responsible party. Existing law authorizes a local officer to provide a responsible party with a letter or other document that describes the release of waste that occurred and the remedial action taken and certifies that the cleanup goals embodied in the remedial action agreement were accomplished. Existing law exempts from these requirements specified categories of sites, including, but not limited to, sites that are subject to a corrective action order. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 304 California AB 304 (20212022)
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California AB 304 (20212022) — Contaminated sites: waste releases or surface or groundwater contamination: local oversight: remedial actions.

(1) Whenever a release of waste occurs and remedial action is required, existing law authorizes a responsible party, as defined, to request that a local officer supervise the remedial action. Existing law authorizes a local officer to agree to supervise the remedial action if the local officer determines that certain conditions have been met. Existing law requires that remedial action to be carried out only pursuant to a remedial action agreement, which includes specified elements, entered into by the local officer and the responsible party, and authorizes the local officer to withdraw from the agreement, after giving the responsible party adequate notice, at any time after making specified findings. Existing law requires a local officer to provide written notification that includes specified information to the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the appropriate regional water quality control board at least 10 working days before entering into a remedial action agreement with a responsible party. Existing law authorizes a local officer to provide a responsible party with a letter or other document that describes the release of waste that occurred and the remedial action taken and certifies that the cleanup goals embodied in the remedial action agreement were accomplished. Existing law exempts from these requirements specified categories of sites, including, but not limited to, sites that are subject to a corrective action order.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/25/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/23/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/28/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/30/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/31/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. AB304 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 304 Quirk Consent Calendar Second Day — 770 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 90 (pass) · lower
  • AB 304 Quirk Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 780 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB304 Quirk et al. By Gonzalez — 353 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 61 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Quirk — primary (person)
  • Mathis — author (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2021-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
  • 2021-02-12 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
  • 2021-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-03-24 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-07 Coauthors revised.
  • 2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1152.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
  • 2021-05-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2021-06-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-08-31 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2493.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2986.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a20aad3-48db-4ae4-b065-a51d5509c3b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).