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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: solid waste facilities."
description: "Existing law regulates solid waste facilities and requires that any person owning or operating a solid waste landfill submit evidence of financial ability to provide for the cost of closure and postclosure maintenance, except as specified. Existing law provides that if the evidence of financial ability for closure, postclosure, or corrective action is demonstrated by use of insurance, either through an independent insurer or where the insurance carrier is established by a solid waste facility operator to meet the financial assurance obligations of that operator, the insurance mechanism may be approved by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery if the insurance carrier meets specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 480"
citation: "California AB 480 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: solid waste facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccf4ff11-c528-4e9f-96bd-ecffd7f865f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480"
source_hash: "43c05a9359dc8a056d98d47a2caa1691e1fe4a2c111e27812edbc20555e19715"
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 480 (20112012) — Insurance: solid waste facilities.
Existing law regulates solid waste facilities and requires that any person owning or operating a solid waste landfill submit evidence of financial ability to provide for the cost of closure and postclosure maintenance, except as specified. Existing law provides that if the evidence of financial ability for closure, postclosure, or corrective action is demonstrated by use of insurance, either through an independent insurer or where the insurance carrier is established by a solid waste facility operator to meet the financial assurance obligations of that operator, the insurance mechanism may be approved by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery if the insurance carrier meets specified requirements.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48099INT)
2. **04/30/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48095AMD)
3. **05/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48094AMD)
4. **06/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48098AMD)
5. **06/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48097AMD)
6. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48096AMD)
7. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48093AMD)
8. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48091CHP)
9. **AB480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480)
10. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB480&version=20110AB48092ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **120** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB480 Solorio By Calderon — **350** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 480 SOLORIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- AB 480 SOLORIO Consent Calendar Second Day — **700** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Solorio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1351.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Coms. on INS. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-30** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4744.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6362.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 713, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccf4ff11-c528-4e9f-96bd-ecffd7f865f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).