AB 166: Public resources trailer bill.

Official summary

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

(1)The California Fire Service Training Act establishes the California Fire Service Training and Education Program in the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, to carry out the management of the program, including offering courses of study. Existing law separately establishes the California Fire and Arson Training Act, under which the State Fire Marshal is required to establish and validate recommended minimum standards for fire protection personnel and fire protection instructors, develop course curricula for arson, fire technology, and apprenticeship training, and develop, validate, update, copyright, and maintain security over a complete series of promotional examinations for fire protection personnel. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect admission fees and other fees that may be necessary to be charged for seminars, conferences, and specialized training given pursuant to the California Fire and Arson Training Act, and for the implementation of the California Fire and Arson Training Act, only to the extent that state appropriations and other funding sources are insufficient to cover the necessary costs of those seminars, conferences, specialized training, and implementation. Existing law requires the admission fees and other fees collected to be paid into the California Fire and Arson Training Fund.

This bill would instead authorize the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect those admission fees and other fees only to the extent that state appropriations from funding sources other than the fund are insufficient to cover the necessary costs of those seminars, conferences, and specialized training.

(2)Existing hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous materials. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. Existing law authorizes the department and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) to continue to administer and collect a fee that was due and payable on or before June 30, 2022, for the disposal of hazardous waste that was disposed of on or before June 30, 2022.

This bill would authorize the department and CDTFA to continue to administer and collect the fee if it was due and payable on or before September 30, 2022, rather than on or before June 30, 2022. Because the failure to pay the generation and handling fee would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

(3)The Hazardous Substances Tax Law requires a generator of hazardous waste to pay to CDTFA a generation and handling fee for each generator site, as defined, that generates hazardous waste, as specified. Existing law imposes a different generation and handling fee for specified projects.

This bill would make various changes to the Hazardous Substances Tax Law, including, among other things, specifying that provisions that apply to the returns and payments of the generation and handling fee also apply to the above-described generation and handling fee for specified projects.

Sponsors

“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. August 6, 2026Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Laird.
2. June 29, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
3. June 29, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 29).
4. June 26, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
5. April 2, 2025Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
6. March 20, 2025In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
7. March 20, 2025Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 746.)
8. March 18, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. March 17, 2025(Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
10. March 17, 2025Ordered to second reading.
11. March 17, 2025Withdrawn from committee.
12. February 3, 2025Referred to Com. on BUDGET.