republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-762.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health: medical waste."
description: "Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health to be administered by the State Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to, administration of the Medical Waste Management Act relating to the regulation of medical waste, including, but not limited to, provisions related to the treatment, containment, and storage of medical waste."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 762"
citation: "California AB 762 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public health: medical waste."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2cc019a-fe54-4428-9505-173d76cb2119"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB762"
source_hash: "0a1ad8afabf7f1054548eb5763699f176af5d12b6a68caeebd047062f13e24a2"
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 762 (20112012) — Public health: medical waste.

Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health to be administered by the State Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to, administration of the Medical Waste Management Act relating to the regulation of medical waste, including, but not limited to, provisions related to the treatment, containment, and storage of medical waste.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB762&version=20110AB76299INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB762&version=20110AB76298AMD)
3. **05/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB762&version=20110AB76297AMD)
4. **07/07/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB762&version=20110AB76296AMD)
5. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB762&version=20110AB76294CHP)
6. **AB762** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB762)
7. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB762&version=20110AB76295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials to Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 762 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 762 SMYTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1449.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1863.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2384.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 222, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2cc019a-fe54-4428-9505-173d76cb2119`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).