California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 1646 — Hazardous materials: unified program agency: integrated alerting and notification system.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 2017.

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  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 February 17, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 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, or UPA. Existing law also requires each certified UPA to institute a single fee system, which is required to include a surcharge on each person regulated by the unified program, the amount of which is determined by the secretary annually, to cover the necessary and reasonable costs of the state agencies in carrying out their responsibilities in the unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program. Existing law imposes certain requirements on stationary sources handling regulated substances, as defined, including, among other things, the preparation and implementation of a risk management plan. Existing law requires the UPA to review the plan and to notify the stationary source of any defects in the plan. This bill would require each local implementing agency, as defined, to develop an integrated alerting and notification system, in coordination with local emergency management agencies, UPAs, local first response agencies, petroleum refineries, and the public, to be used to notify the community surrounding a petroleum refinery in the event of an incident at the refinery warranting the use of the notification system. The bill would require the notification system to be configured, as specified, and used to alert and notify the communities surrounding a petroleum refinery, including schools, public facilities, hospitals, transient and special needs populations, as defined, and residential care homes. If an integrated alerting and notification system has not been developed and implemented by January 1, 2018, the bill would require the local implementing agency to determine an appropriate notification system to be developed consistent with these provisions and, on or before January 1, 2019, to develop a schedule for developing and implementing the notification system. The bill would require a UPA to ensure that the notification system developed is consistent with the UPA's area plan and specified regulations regarding the California Accidental Release Prevention Program. The bill would require a petroleum refinery to immediately call the emergency 9-1-1 telephone number and notify the UPA, in the event of an incident warranting the use of the notification system. The bill would require a UPA, in coordination with the local implementing agency, to establish a fee, separate from the single fee system described above, that a petroleum refinery would be required to pay in an amount to cover the reasonable and necessary costs for the design, building, and installation of the notification system, and a fee, as part of the single fee system levied on a petroleum refinery, in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable and necessary costs for the ongoing operation and maintenance of the notification system. The bill would require the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to work with the local implementing agencies and the UPAs to develop a model memorandum of understanding between adjacent jurisdictions for integration of alerting and notification systems that will operate across jurisdictional boundaries. The bill would require the local implementing agency to ensure that there are agreements with adjacent jurisdictions to coordinate alerts, notifications, and messaging when a release crosses or threatens to cross jurisdictional boundaries, and to document those agreements in the unified program agency area plan. Because the bill would add to duties of a UPA and other local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 3127.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2529.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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

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

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

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Referred to Com. on EQ.

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

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 1901.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 24).

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Read second time and amended.

  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 25).

  22. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

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

  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  25. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 10 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Skinner

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

AB 1646 MURATSUCHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 55 Yea · 18 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 391603
Democratic 14100
Republican 2103
Total 551806
% of votes cast 70%23%0%8%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Maienschein — Not Voting
Mathis — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Weber — Yea
Baker — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Nay
Harper — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Nay
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
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 Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1646 Muratsuchi et al. By Skinner

Passed 29 Yea · 10 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25901
Democratic 4100
Total 291001
% of votes cast 73%25%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Moorlach — Nay
Pan — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beall — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Allen — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
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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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
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Bradford — 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
Bates — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 1646 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading

Passed 69 Yea · 2 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 52005
Democratic 14101
Republican 3103
Total 69209
% of votes cast 86%3%0%11%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9300
Democratic 3100
Republican 0001
Total 12401
% of votes cast 71%24%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Chau — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1646 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, or UPA. Existing law also requires each certified UPA to institute a single fee system, which is required to include a surcharge on each person regulated by the unified program, the amount of which is determined by the secretary annually, to cover the necessary and reasonable costs of the state agencies in carrying out their responsibilities in the unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program. Existing law imposes certain requirements on stationary sources handling regulated substances, as defined, including, among other things, the preparation and implementation of a risk management plan. Existing law requires the UPA to review the plan and to notify the stationary source of any defects in the plan. This bill would require each local implementing agency, as defined, to develop an integrated alerting and notification system, in coordination with local emergency management agencies, UPAs, local first response agencies, petroleum refineries, and the public, to be used to notify the community surrounding a petroleum refinery in the event of an incident at the refinery warranting the use of the notification system. The bill would require the notification system to be configured, as specified, and used to alert and notify the communities surrounding a petroleum refinery, including schools, public facilities, hospitals, transient and special needs populations, as defined, and residential care homes. If an integrated alerting and notification system has not been developed and implemented by January 1, 2018, the bill would require the local implementing agency to determine an appropriate notification system to be developed consistent with these provisions and, on or before January 1, 2019, to develop a schedule for developing and implementing the notification system. The bill would require a UPA to ensure that the notification system developed is consistent with the UPA's area plan and specified regulations regarding the California Accidental Release Prevention Program. The bill would require a petroleum refinery to immediately call the emergency 9-1-1 telephone number and notify the UPA, in the event of an incident warranting the use of the notification system. The bill would require a UPA, in coordination with the local implementing agency, to establish a fee, separate from the single fee system described above, that a petroleum refinery would be required to pay in an amount to cover the reasonable and necessary costs for the design, building, and installation of the notification system, and a fee, as part of the single fee system levied on a petroleum refinery, in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable and necessary costs for the ongoing operation and maintenance of the notification system. The bill would require the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to work with the local implementing agencies and the UPAs to develop a model memorandum of understanding between adjacent jurisdictions for integration of alerting and notification systems that will operate across jurisdictional boundaries. The bill would require the local implementing agency to ensure that there are agreements with adjacent jurisdictions to coordinate alerts, notifications, and messaging when a release crosses or threatens to cross jurisdictional boundaries, and to document those agreements in the unified program agency area plan. Because the bill would add to duties of a UPA and other local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 1646?
AB 1646 is sponsored by Muratsuchi, Al (Democratic) and Skinner.
What is the current status of AB 1646?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.
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