AB 2776: Hazardous materials.

Official summary

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

(1)The 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 prohibits an owner or operator of a storage facility, treatment facility, transfer facility, resource recovery facility, or disposal site from accepting, treating, storing, or disposing of a hazardous waste at the facility, area, or site, unless the owner or operator holds a hazardous waste facilities permit, as provided. Existing law provides that a facility with the onsite accumulation of hazardous waste for a specified period of time by a generator of less than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in any calendar month is not a storage facility if the quantity of hazardous waste accumulated onsite never exceeds 6,000 kilograms, the generator is in compliance with certain federal regulations, and the generator does not hold acutely or extremely hazardous waste in an amount greater than one kilogram for a specified period of time. Existing state regulations authorize a small quantity generator to accumulate various quantities of hazardous waste without a permit if certain conditions are met.

This bill would instead provide that a facility with the onsite accumulation of hazardous waste for a specified period of time by a generator of less than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in any calendar month is not a storage facility if the generator complies with those above-described state regulations.

Existing law imposes various manifest requirements for transporting hazardous waste, including, among others, requiring any person generating hazardous waste that is transported, or submitted for transportation, for offsite handling, treatment, storage, disposal, or any combination thereof, to complete a manifest, as provided. Existing law authorizes specified manifest requirements for transporting hazardous waste to be satisfied through the use of the United States Environmental Protection Agency electronic manifest (e-Manifest) system.

This bill would require certain reports required to be submitted to the department when a manifest is not received to instead be submitted to the e-Manifest system.

For purposes of the hazardous waste control laws, “treatment” means any method, technique, or process that is not otherwise excluded from the definition pursuant to these laws and that is designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste or any material contained therein, or that removes or reduces its harmful properties or characteristics for any purpose. Existing law excludes from that definition of “treatment” specified activities.

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. September 20, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 20, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. September 10, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. August 30, 2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6944.).
5. August 30, 2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
6. August 30, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
7. August 30, 2026Ordered to special consent calendar.
8. August 25, 2026Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.)
9. August 25, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
10. August 19, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
11. August 18, 2026Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
12. August 6, 2026Ordered to third reading.