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

AB 1981 — Organic waste: composting.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2018.

  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 January 31, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires, until January 1, 2021, the California Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, and the Department of Food and Agriculture, to develop and implement policies to aid in diverting organic waste from landfills by promoting the composting of specified organic waste and by promoting the appropriate use of that compost throughout the state. This bill would revise and recast this and related provisions, including, among other changes, imposing additional duties on those state agencies relating to promoting the application of compost and additionally including the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the state agencies in coordination with which the California Environmental Protection Agency is required to develop and implement the above-specified policies. The bill would also require the California Environmental Protection Agency additionally to work with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Forest Management Task Force to achieve the goal of reducing at least 5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year through the development and application of compost on working lands. The bill would postpone the repeal of these provisions until January 1, 2026.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6978.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5889.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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

  13. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

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

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20).

  16. Referred to Com. on EQ.

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

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5436.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  20. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23).

  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. Read second time and amended.

  23. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23).

  24. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

  26. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1981 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 16000
Republican 5001
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Low — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Harper — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
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
Gabriel, Jesse 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 Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1981 Limón By Stern

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Chang — Yea
De León — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bates — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 1981 LIMÓN Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57000
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 78000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Holden — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
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 Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2001
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 10000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chau — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1981 do?
Existing law requires, until January 1, 2021, the California Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, and the Department of Food and Agriculture, to develop and implement policies to aid in diverting organic waste from landfills by promoting the composting of specified organic waste and by promoting the appropriate use of that compost throughout the state. This bill would revise and recast this and related provisions, including, among other changes, imposing additional duties on those state agencies relating to promoting the application of compost and additionally including the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the state agencies in coordination with which the California Environmental Protection Agency is required to develop and implement the above-specified policies. The bill would also require the California Environmental Protection Agency additionally to work with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Forest Management Task Force to achieve the goal of reducing at least 5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year through the development and application of compost on working lands. The bill would postpone the repeal of these provisions until January 1, 2026.
Who sponsors AB 1981?
AB 1981 is sponsored by Limón, Monique (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 1981?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1981?
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