republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-891.md

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Bill	Business licenses: stormwater discharge compliance.	(1) Existing law requires, when applying to a city or a county for an initial business license or business license renewal, a person who conducts a business operation that is a regulated industry, as defined, to demonstrate enrollment with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program by providing specified information, under penalty of perjury, on the application, including, among other things, the Standard Industrial Classification Code for the business, and an applicable identification number, as specified. Existing law applies these provisions to all applications for initial business licenses and business license renewals submitted on and after January 1, 2020.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 891	California SB 891 (20212022)	bill	Business licenses: stormwater discharge compliance.	enacted	Hertzberg	8	35	8	2022-01-31	2022-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/e2b085e1-5663-46c0-9635-04fadba26587	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB891	f6dbb56a38ac43fa10306346f27ee08ab6c648c267f741eea53b92e74f36698e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 891 (20212022) — Business licenses: stormwater discharge compliance.

(1) Existing law requires, when applying to a city or a county for an initial business license or business license renewal, a person who conducts a business operation that is a regulated industry, as defined, to demonstrate enrollment with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program by providing specified information, under penalty of perjury, on the application, including, among other things, the Standard Industrial Classification Code for the business, and an applicable identification number, as specified. Existing law applies these provisions to all applications for initial business licenses and business license renewals submitted on and after January 1, 2020.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/18/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/08/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB891 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/25/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 27–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 891 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — 62–5 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB891 Hertzberg Concurrence — 31–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hertzberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-31 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-01 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
• 2022-02-07 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2022-02-07 (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
• 2022-02-07 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
• 2022-02-09 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F., E.Q., and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-03-18 Referral to Com. on JUD. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
• 2022-03-22 Set for hearing March 31.
• 2022-03-31 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3292.) (March 31). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2022-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3540.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2022-05-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-18 Ordered to second reading.
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 2. Page 3833.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-27 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (August 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 5. Page 5886.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 5021.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 678, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2b085e1-5663-46c0-9635-04fadba26587. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).