republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-279.md

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Bill	Solid waste: compostable materials.	Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to adopt and revise regulations setting forth minimum standards for composting, in accordance with law. Existing regulations require all compostable materials handling activities to obtain a permit prior to commencing operations and to comply with specified requirements. Existing regulations specify 4 regulatory tiers for composting operations, with different requirements for each tier. The 4 tiers are excluded, enforcement agency notification, registration permit, and full solid waste facility permit.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 279	California SB 279 (20252026)	bill	Solidwaste compostablematerials	enacted	McNerney	9	28	8	2025-02-05	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/5ef5a618-e701-420b-9e51-183afcb1f327	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB279	278033ea965a0c99ecb6612b9102b442104048d7e7b65f4bac0a15eba0a3258e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 279 (20252026) — Solid waste: compostable materials.

Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to adopt and revise regulations setting forth minimum standards for composting, in accordance with law. Existing regulations require all compostable materials handling activities to obtain a permit prior to commencing operations and to comply with specified requirements. Existing regulations specify 4 regulatory tiers for composting operations, with different requirements for each tier. The 4 tiers are excluded, enforcement agency notification, registration permit, and full solid waste facility permit.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/12/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB279 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 279 McNerney Senate Third Reading By Soria — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB279 McNerney et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB279 McNerney et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McNerney — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Ellis — coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
• 2025-02-14 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2025-03-07 Set for hearing March 19.
• 2025-03-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 421.) (March 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2025-04-07 April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1194.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1336.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2025-06-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3000.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2712.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 651, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ef5a618-e701-420b-9e51-183afcb1f327. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).