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Authors Papan  
Coauthors: Alanis  
Subject Livestock carcasses: disposal: composting.
Relating To relating to livestock.
Title An act to add Section 19348.2 to the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to livestock.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-11
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-11     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-11     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 613, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-16     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3105.).
2025-09-08     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2612.).
2025-09-08     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-17     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-16     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 16).
2025-07-01     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
2025-06-11     Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and E.Q.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1826.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-07     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-24     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-23     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-22     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21).
2025-04-03     Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-04-02     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-27     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-02-25     Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
2025-02-24     Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and NAT. RES.
2025-02-24     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-05     From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2025-02-04     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-11
Enrolled     2025-09-11
Amended Senate     2025-07-17
Amended Assembly     2025-04-23
Amended Assembly     2025-04-02
Amended Assembly     2025-02-24
Introduced     2025-02-04
Analyses TBD
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Existing law prohibits a dead animal hauler or any other person from transporting a dead animal to any place, other than to certain specified facilities or destinations, unless a certain waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian, as specified.

Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to adopt and revise minimum standards for solid waste handling, transfer, composting, transformation, and disposal, as prescribed. Pursuant to this authority, the department has adopted a regulation that prohibits the composting of unprocessed mammalian tissue except when received from certain sources.

This bill would, notwithstanding those prohibitions, authorize any part of a livestock carcass resulting from a routine livestock mortality event or on-farm processing to be composted if certain requirements are met, including, among others, that the composting is conducted in accordance with best management practices for livestock composting adopted by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, as specified.