republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-909.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Treated wood waste: disposal."
description: "(1) Existing law requires, among other things, treated wood waste, as defined, to be disposed of in either a class I hazardous waste landfill, or in a composite-lined portion of a solid waste landfill unit that meets certain requirements. Existing law requires each wholesaler and retailer of treated wood and treated wood-like products to conspicuously post information at specified locations. Existing law requires that the posted message contain, among other things, sources for obtaining further information, such as an Internet Web site and a toll-free telephone number. Existing law makes these, and other requirements, inoperative on June 1, 2012, and repeals them on January 1, 2013. A violation of the state's hazardous waste control laws is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 909"
citation: "California SB 909 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Treated wood waste: disposal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Malfa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa9a0e4-2427-49e6-8a36-1334b9f9a8e9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB909"
source_hash: "06d1a95ff7d82ddb7bdcd346378decea1886cfd86ef02200279ebb38b0d233c1"
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 SB 909 (20112012) — Treated wood waste: disposal.

(1) Existing law requires, among other things, treated wood waste, as defined, to be disposed of in either a class I hazardous waste landfill, or in a composite-lined portion of a solid waste landfill unit that meets certain requirements. Existing law requires each wholesaler and retailer of treated wood and treated wood-like products to conspicuously post information at specified locations. Existing law requires that the posted message contain, among other things, sources for obtaining further information, such as an Internet Web site and a toll-free telephone number. Existing law makes these, and other requirements, inoperative on June 1, 2012, and repeals them on January 1, 2013. A violation of the state's hazardous waste control laws is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB909&version=20110SB90999INT)
2. **04/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB909&version=20110SB90998AMD)
3. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB909&version=20110SB90996CHP)
4. **SB909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB909)
5. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB909&version=20110SB90997ENR)

## Votes

- SB 909 La Malfa Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB909 La Malfa — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- La Malfa — primary (person)
- Correa — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 543.) (April 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-15** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 906.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-11** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2938.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 601, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaa9a0e4-2427-49e6-8a36-1334b9f9a8e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).