Existing law regulates the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials. Existing law authorizes the city attorney, district attorney, and the Attorney General, at the request of the Department of Toxic Substances Control or a unified program agency, to bring an action seeking to enjoin a violation of laws and regulations governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials. Existing law specifies that every civil action brought at the request of the department or a unified program agency is to be brought by the city attorney, the county attorney, the district attorney, or the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California and that those actions relating to the same processing or disposal of hazardous waste may be joined or consolidated.
California SB 642 (20232024) — Hazardous materials: enforcement: county counsel.
Existing law regulates the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials. Existing law authorizes the city attorney, district attorney, and the Attorney General, at the request of the Department of Toxic Substances Control or a unified program agency, to bring an action seeking to enjoin a violation of laws and regulations governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials. Existing law specifies that every civil action brought at the request of the department or a unified program agency is to be brought by the city attorney, the county attorney, the district attorney, or the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California and that those actions relating to the same processing or disposal of hazardous waste may be joined or consolidated.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 642 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Cervantes — 63–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 35–3 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB642 Cortese et al. Concurrence — 32–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cortese — primary (person)
Boerner — coauthor (person)
Caballero — coauthor (person)
Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2023-03-01 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-07 Set for hearing March 29.
2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 572.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 11.
2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 687.) (April 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1048.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-18 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-07-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 1. Page 2647.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-07-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-08-17 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 2134.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2023-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 154, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f28bc1e-c215-44f8-8251-70c10e8ec75d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).