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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1031: Hazardous waste control laws: exemption: geothermal resources.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1031 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Hazardous waste control laws: exemption: geothermal resources. Primary sponsor: Jeff Gonzalez (R). Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

The hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous materials. Existing law requires a generator of hazardous waste to pay to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration a generation and handling fee for each generator site, and requires the Board of Environmental Safety to establish a schedule of rates for the fee, as provided. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime.

Existing law generally exempts geothermal waste that is generated from the exploration, development, or production of geothermal energy and that does not result from drilling for geothermal resources from the hazardous waste control laws. Existing law limits that exemption under various circumstances, including, among other circumstances, when the waste is no longer contained in a piping system, nonearthen trench, or other specified form of containment, or is left in a lined surface impoundment 18 months after the date the surface impoundment has last received waste.

This bill would limit the generation and handling fee rate for geothermal waste that is not exempt from the hazardous waste control laws to no more than $10 per ton.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff GonzalezPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly36

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
  2. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
  3. In committee: Held under submission.
  4. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
  7. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.
  8. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.
  10. Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
  11. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
  12. Read first time. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page