California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 1 R cosponsors

AB 649 — Medical waste: law enforcement drug takeback programs.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law, the Medical Waste Management Act, regulates the disposal of medical waste, including requiring medical waste to be treated by specified methods prior to disposal, including incineration in a controlled-air, multichamber incinerator, or other method of incineration approved by the State Department of Public Health that provides complete combustion of the waste into carbonized or mineralized ash. This bill would include among those authorized treatment methods any alternative medical waste treatment solely designed to treat pharmaceutical waste, including a pharmaceutical incinerator, as defined, and would require this method to be evaluated and approved by the State Department of Public Health. The bill would require the department to complete the first evaluation of these alternative medical waste treatments by June 1, 2017, and would require the department to consult with specified entities, including the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the State Air Resources Board, in the evaluation to ensure compliance with all other applicable environmental quality laws. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency that operates a prescription drug takeback program to utilize a pharmaceutical incinerator up to 4 times per year if the incinerator is evaluated and approved by the department and complies with all other applicable federal and state laws and local ordinances.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

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

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

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

  5. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17).

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

  7. Referred to Com. on E.Q.

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

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1348.)

  10. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  11. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29).

  12. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Read second time and amended.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14).

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

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

  17. 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)

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Votes

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea

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AB 649 PATTERSON Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67003
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Kim — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dodd — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Ting — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Daly — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 649 do?
Existing law, the Medical Waste Management Act, regulates the disposal of medical waste, including requiring medical waste to be treated by specified methods prior to disposal, including incineration in a controlled-air, multichamber incinerator, or other method of incineration approved by the State Department of Public Health that provides complete combustion of the waste into carbonized or mineralized ash. This bill would include among those authorized treatment methods any alternative medical waste treatment solely designed to treat pharmaceutical waste, including a pharmaceutical incinerator, as defined, and would require this method to be evaluated and approved by the State Department of Public Health. The bill would require the department to complete the first evaluation of these alternative medical waste treatments by June 1, 2017, and would require the department to consult with specified entities, including the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the State Air Resources Board, in the evaluation to ensure compliance with all other applicable environmental quality laws. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency that operates a prescription drug takeback program to utilize a pharmaceutical incinerator up to 4 times per year if the incinerator is evaluated and approved by the department and complies with all other applicable federal and state laws and local ordinances.
Who sponsors AB 649?
AB 649 is sponsored by Patterson, Joe (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 649?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 649?
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