California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

AB 245 — Hazardous waste: enforcement.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2017.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law permits the Department of Toxic Substances Control or an agency authorized to implement and enforce certain laws relating to hazardous materials, known as a unified program agency, to enforce the Hazardous Waste Control Law. Existing law authorizes the department or a unified program agency to issue an order that requires a violation to be corrected and imposes an administrative penalty when there is a violation of the hazardous waste control laws, laws regulating hazardous substances, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to those laws. Under existing law, a person who does not comply with the order is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each day of noncompliance. In lieu of an administrative penalty, existing law makes any person who intentionally or negligently makes a false statement or representation for purposes of compliance with the hazardous waste control laws, violates a provision of the hazardous waste control laws, disposes or causes the disposal of a hazardous waste at an unauthorized site, or treats or stores a hazardous waste at an unauthorized site liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000, as specified. This bill would increase these administrative and civil penalties to $70,000 and would make nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 3279.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2684.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1).

  11. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5).

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ.

  15. Referred to Com. on EQ.

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 10. Page 1304.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 26).

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

  23. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Quirk

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 245 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 64 Yea · 9 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 46804
Democratic 14100
Republican 4002
Total 64906
% of votes cast 81%11%0%8%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Holden — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Levine — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB245 Quirk et al. By Leyva

Passed 25 Yea · 12 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211103
Democratic 4100
Total 251203
% of votes cast 63%30%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Newman — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Mitchell — Not Voting
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Roth — Not Voting
Vidak — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Hill — Yea
Bates — Nay
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 245 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading

Passed 49 Yea · 10 Nay · 21 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 379011
Democratic 11005
Republican 1105
Total 4910021
% of votes cast 61%13%0%26%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Nay
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Not Voting
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Burke — Not Voting
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Gray — Not Voting
Kiley — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Do pass.

Passed 10 Yea · 4 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8301
Democratic 2101
Republican 0001
Total 10403
% of votes cast 59%24%0%18%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Chau — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 245 do?
Existing law permits the Department of Toxic Substances Control or an agency authorized to implement and enforce certain laws relating to hazardous materials, known as a unified program agency, to enforce the Hazardous Waste Control Law. Existing law authorizes the department or a unified program agency to issue an order that requires a violation to be corrected and imposes an administrative penalty when there is a violation of the hazardous waste control laws, laws regulating hazardous substances, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to those laws. Under existing law, a person who does not comply with the order is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each day of noncompliance. In lieu of an administrative penalty, existing law makes any person who intentionally or negligently makes a false statement or representation for purposes of compliance with the hazardous waste control laws, violates a provision of the hazardous waste control laws, disposes or causes the disposal of a hazardous waste at an unauthorized site, or treats or stores a hazardous waste at an unauthorized site liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000, as specified. This bill would increase these administrative and civil penalties to $70,000 and would make nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.
Who sponsors AB 245?
AB 245 is sponsored by Gomez, Quirk, Reyes, Eloise Gómez (Democratic), Santiago, and Garcia, Robert (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 245?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 245?
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