republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2251.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous waste facilities permits: financial assurances."
description: "Hazardous waste facilities permits: financial assurances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2251"
citation: "California AB 2251 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous waste facilities permits: financial assurances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52f1a670-5426-4086-8457-2ca8e6a4285a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251"
source_hash: "b6401281ae5e87888013558ba2a79a56f9a0eef23ad1a1e553601e1b30dbca9f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2251 (20032004) — Hazardous waste facilities permits: financial assurances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251&version=20030AB225199INT)
2. **04/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251&version=20030AB225198AMD)
3. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251&version=20030AB225197AMD)
4. **06/30/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251&version=20030AB225196AMD)
5. **08/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251&version=20030AB225195AMD)
6. **09/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251&version=20030AB225193CHP)
7. **AB2251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251)
8. **08/28/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2251&version=20030AB225194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- w/o ref. to file ab2251 lowenthal by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2251 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2251 lowenthal assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-28** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 27). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 8050.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7982.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7999.). `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5474.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rulespursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. Re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** To inactive file on motion of Senator Sher.
- **2004-06-30** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5616.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52f1a670-5426-4086-8457-2ca8e6a4285a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).