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Authors Wilson  
Subject Climate change: short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction.
Relating To relating to climate change.
Title An act to amend Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate change.
Last Action Dt 2026-01-14
State Amended Assembly
Status Pending Referral
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Majority No Yes No None No No Y
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Bill Actions
2026-01-27     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-01-26     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 4.)
2026-01-22     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-01-22     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (January 22).
2026-01-22     Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-01-15     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-01-14     Read second time and amended.
2026-01-13     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (January 12).
2026-01-06     Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2026-01-05     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-21     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-08     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-03-25     Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-03-24     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-24     Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-02-14     From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-02-13     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Amended Assembly     2026-01-14
Amended Assembly     2026-01-05
Amended Assembly     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-13
Analyses TBD
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Existing law establishes methane emissions reduction goals that include a target to reduce landfill disposal of organics by 75% of the 2014 level of the statewide disposal of organic waste by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals. Existing law authorizes a local jurisdiction to count compost produced and procured from specified compost operations towards its recovered organic waste procurement target.

This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction to include organic material used as a beneficial agricultural amendment towards its recovered organic waste procurement target if the material is processed at a facility authorized by the department using specified approved technologies, the material is licensed for end use as an agricultural fertilizer by the Department of Food and Agriculture, as provided, and the material is not derived from, or processed using, specified activities relating to the final deposition or management of solid waste, as provided. The bill would require the amount of the procured materials to be calculated using the dry weight of the materials.