Dave Cortese
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 15
Author
Existing law regulates the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials. Existing law authorizes the city attorney, district attorney, and the Attorney General, at the request of the Department of Toxic Substances Control or a unified program agency, to bring an action seeking to enjoin a violation of laws and regulations governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials. Existing law specifies that every civil action brought at the request of the department or a unified program agency is to be brought by the city attorney, the county attorney, the district attorney, or the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California and that those actions relating to the same processing or disposal of hazardous waste may be joined or consolidated. This bill would authorize the county counsel to bring an action seeking to enjoin a violation of laws and regulations governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials. The bill would specify that county counsel, at the request of the department or a unified program agency, is authorized to bring a civil action in the name of the people of the State of California to enforce laws and regulations governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials. Existing law requires certain businesses that handle hazardous materials to prepare a business and area plan relating to the handling and release or threatened release of hazardous materials and authorizes the city attorney, district attorney, and Attorney General to bring an action to enforce these requirements. Existing law regulates the operation of underground storage tanks and aboveground storage tanks and authorizes the city attorney, district attorney, and the Attorney General to bring an action to enforce these requirements. Existing law regulates the handling, storage, and disposal of medical waste and authorizes the city attorney, district attorney, and the Attorney General to bring an action to enforce these requirements. This bill would authorize the county counsel to bring an action to enforce the requirements related to the business and area plans, underground storage tanks, aboveground storage tanks, or medical waste. This bill would, if a county counsel or the district attorney brings an action described above, require the county counsel or district attorney, within 7 days of the filing of the action, to give notice to the district attorney or county counsel, as applicable, of the related county and would make various conforming changes.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 154, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 2134.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 1. Page 2647.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 27).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1048.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 687.) (April 11).
Set for hearing April 11.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 572.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing March 29.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB642 | HTML |
| 02/16/23 - Introduced | |
| 06/12/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/18/23 - Enrolled | |
| 09/01/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/27/23- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 04/07/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/14/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/16/23- Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials | |
| 06/22/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 06/28/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/10/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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