20250AB__161798AMD INTRODUCED 2026-01-21 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-07-02 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alanis

An act to amend

Section 25218.9 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste. hazardous waste Household hazardous waste: reporting. Existing regulations require each public agency that is responsible for household hazardous waste management to complete and submit a “Form Household Hazardous Waste Collection Report” (Form 303) electronically to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery each year.

Existing regulations require the reporting timeframe to be July of the previous fiscal year through June of that fiscal year, with the information required to be submitted to the state by October of the following fiscal year. Existing law requires a public agency, or its contractor, operating a household hazardous waste collection facility to, on or before October of each year, submit a copy of the completed Form to the officer or agency authorized to implement and enforce specified hazardous materials laws.

Existing law requires that the completed Form also be submitted to the Department of Toxic Substances Control until specified regulations adopted by the Secretary for Environmental Protection are effective and other conditions are met. This bill would require that Form to instead report information for the prior calendar year.

The bill would require a copy of the completed Form to instead be submitted to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to provide a copy of the completed form to the Department of Toxic Substances Control upon request. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 25218.9 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 25218.9. (

a) Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (

c) of

Section 18751.2.2 of Title of the California Code of Regulations, the Form Household Hazardous Waste Collection Report required to be submitted by each public agency that is responsible for household hazardous waste management pursuant to

Section 18751.2.2 of Title of the California Code of Regulations shall be submitted annually to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery on or before October and report information for the prior calendar year. (

b) On or before October of each year, a public agency, or its contractor, operating a household hazardous waste collection facility shall submit to the CUPA, or, in jurisdictions where there is no CUPA, to the officer or agency authorized pursuant to subdivision (

f) of

Section 25404.3 to implement and enforce the requirements of this

chapter listed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (

c) of

Section 25404, a copy of the completed Form Household Hazardous Waste Collection Report, which is required to be submitted to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery pursuant to regulations adopted by that department. The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall provide a copy of the completed Form Household Hazardous Waste Collection Report to the Department of Toxic Substances Control upon request.