republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-818.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste: premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes."
description: "The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 818"
citation: "California AB 818 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste: premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05256fda-ad83-4a9b-966e-2f4793a080f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB818"
source_hash: "32dadd2f15a5b0eb75f1f30af70951f620acf4104ebbee4b7d63668699cf7f8f"
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 818 (20212022) — Solid waste: premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes.

The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB818&version=20210AB81899INT)
2. **07/01/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB818&version=20210AB81898AMD)
3. **10/06/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB818&version=20210AB81896CHP)
4. **AB818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB818)
5. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB818&version=20210AB81897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB818 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 818 Bloom Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 818 Bloom Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1409.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-27** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1717.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2238.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2653.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 590, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05256fda-ad83-4a9b-966e-2f4793a080f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).