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Bill	Hazardous wastes and materials: certified unified program agencies.	(1) Existing law, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, requires any waste identified by the Department of Toxic Substances Control as hazardous or extremely hazardous to be managed in accordance with permits, orders, and regulations issued or adopted by the department. Existing law authorizes the department to grant a variance from these requirements for certain wastes, including recyclable materials, as defined, under specified conditions. Existing law provides that a recyclable material shall be excluded from classification by the department as a waste only if the recyclable material is held in a container or tank that is labeled, marked, and placarded in accordance with department requirements, the owner or operator of the business location where the recyclable material is located has a business plan, as specified, and the recyclable material is stored and handled in accordance with all local ordinances and codes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1716	California AB 1716 (20232024)	bill	Hazardous wastes and materials certified unified program agencies	enacted	Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials	8	25	6	2023-02-17	2023-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7459964c-d81f-416b-9a56-953aa126c1fd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1716	f0f5b544590a5f137f1fc8f49907b7d1e87f062d120bea0eac9cc4fd50c050e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1716 (20232024) — Hazardous wastes and materials: certified unified program agencies.

(1) Existing law, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, requires any waste identified by the Department of Toxic Substances Control as hazardous or extremely hazardous to be managed in accordance with permits, orders, and regulations issued or adopted by the department. Existing law authorizes the department to grant a variance from these requirements for certain wastes, including recyclable materials, as defined, under specified conditions. Existing law provides that a recyclable material shall be excluded from classification by the department as a waste only if the recyclable material is held in a container or tank that is labeled, marked, and placarded in accordance with department requirements, the owner or operator of the business location where the recyclable material is located has a business plan, as specified, and the recyclable material is stored and handled in accordance with all local ordinances and codes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/30/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/07/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/28/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/22/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1716 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1716 Environmental Safety and Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LEE — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1716 Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Consent Calendar Second Day — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1716 E.S. & T.M. (Lee) By Allen — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2023-04-10 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
• 2023-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1525.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-24 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2023-05-30 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
• 2023-06-07 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
• 2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2408.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3069.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7459964c-d81f-416b-9a56-953aa126c1fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).