California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 55 — Hazardous materials management: stationary sources.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2017.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 05, 2016. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program. Existing law requires every county to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program and allows a city or local agency to implement the unified program as a unified program agency. Existing law requires a stationary source, as defined, engaging in activities with certain substances present in more than a threshold quantity to prepare and submit a risk management plan, if the unified program agency makes a determination that there is a significant likelihood of a regulated substances accident risk. Existing law requires owners and operators of certain stationary sources, when contracting for the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or maintenance work at one of these stationary sources, to require that its contractors and any subcontractors use a skilled and trained workforce, including skilled journeypersons, to perform all onsite work within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades. Existing law exempts an owner or operator from that requirement if the contract was awarded before January 1, 2014, unless the contract is extended or renewed after that date. Existing law requires a worker, among other requirements, to have completed, within the prior 2 calendar years, at least 20 hours of approved advanced safety training for workers at high hazard facilities to qualify as a "skilled journeyperson" for purposes of performing this work on or after January 1, 2018. This bill would instead require a worker to have completed, within the prior 3 calendar years, at least 20 hours of this approved advanced safety training to qualify as a "skilled journeyperson" for purposes of performing this work on or after July 1, 2018. This bill would require, on or before February 1, 2018, an owner or operator who claims the exemption for a contract awarded before January 1, 2014, to file with the unified program agency a complete copy of the contract and a 2nd copy of the contract that has been redacted only to the extent necessary to protect sensitive information and that includes the identity of the contractor, the scope of the work covered by the contract, the date of execution of the contract, and the term of the contract. The bill would specify that the unredacted copy of the contract is not a public record and would require the unified program agency to keep that copy confidential. The bill would require the redacted copy to be a public record available for inspection from the unified program agency. Because the bill would add to the duties of a unified program agency and because a violation of the bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 2911.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2346.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  13. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  14. Referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 1473.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 3).

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

  23. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

  24. From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.

  25. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Thurmond · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Thurmond

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 55 THURMOND Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 53 Yea · 22 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 371803
Democratic 15000
Republican 1401
Total 532204
% of votes cast 67%28%0%5%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Nay
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Fong — Nay
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Salas — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Low — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Acosta — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Harper — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Baker — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
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 Yea
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 Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB55 Thurmond By Bradford

Passed 26 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221102
Democratic 4100
Total 261202
% of votes cast 65%30%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hertzberg — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
De León — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Allen — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
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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AB 55 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading

Passed 53 Yea · 19 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 381504
Democratic 15100
Republican 0304
Total 531908
% of votes cast 66%24%0%10%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Holden — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Levine — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Salas — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Gray — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Rubio — Not Voting
Baker — Nay
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Melendez — Nay
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Obernolte — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
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 Yea
Fong, Mike 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 Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Do pass.

Passed 11 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7301
Democratic 4100
Republican 0001
Total 11402
% of votes cast 65%24%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Friedman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 55 do?
Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program. Existing law requires every county to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program and allows a city or local agency to implement the unified program as a unified program agency. Existing law requires a stationary source, as defined, engaging in activities with certain substances present in more than a threshold quantity to prepare and submit a risk management plan, if the unified program agency makes a determination that there is a significant likelihood of a regulated substances accident risk. Existing law requires owners and operators of certain stationary sources, when contracting for the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or maintenance work at one of these stationary sources, to require that its contractors and any subcontractors use a skilled and trained workforce, including skilled journeypersons, to perform all onsite work within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades. Existing law exempts an owner or operator from that requirement if the contract was awarded before January 1, 2014, unless the contract is extended or renewed after that date. Existing law requires a worker, among other requirements, to have completed, within the prior 2 calendar years, at least 20 hours of approved advanced safety training for workers at high hazard facilities to qualify as a "skilled journeyperson" for purposes of performing this work on or after January 1, 2018. This bill would instead require a worker to have completed, within the prior 3 calendar years, at least 20 hours of this approved advanced safety training to qualify as a "skilled journeyperson" for purposes of performing this work on or after July 1, 2018. This bill would require, on or before February 1, 2018, an owner or operator who claims the exemption for a contract awarded before January 1, 2014, to file with the unified program agency a complete copy of the contract and a 2nd copy of the contract that has been redacted only to the extent necessary to protect sensitive information and that includes the identity of the contractor, the scope of the work covered by the contract, the date of execution of the contract, and the term of the contract. The bill would specify that the unredacted copy of the contract is not a public record and would require the unified program agency to keep that copy confidential. The bill would require the redacted copy to be a public record available for inspection from the unified program agency. Because the bill would add to the duties of a unified program agency and because a violation of the bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.
Who sponsors AB 55?
AB 55 is sponsored by Thurmond.
What is the current status of AB 55?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 05, 2016. Enacted.
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