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AB-993 • 2026

Hazardous materials management: Rural CUPA Reimbursement Account.

Hazardous materials management: Rural CUPA Reimbursement Account.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hadwick
Last action
2025-10-01
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 176, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on how much funding each county will receive or when they can expect the funds, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Rural County Hazardous Materials Funding

This law changes eligibility rules for counties with fewer than 150,000 people to receive funding from the Rural CUPA Reimbursement Account.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the rules so that all rural counties with less than 150,000 people are eligible for special funding without regard to certification date or specific program implementation.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Counties with populations under 150,000 people
  • The Secretary of Environmental Protection

Terms To Know

Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA)
An agency that has been approved to manage hazardous waste and materials in a certain area.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law only works if there is money set aside for it.
  • It does not specify how much funding each county will receive or when they can expect the funds.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-01 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 176, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-01 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-11 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2522.).

  6. 2025-09-02 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  7. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

  9. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  10. 2025-07-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. 2025-06-18 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on E.Q.

  12. 2025-06-05 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  13. 2025-06-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2068.)

  14. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  16. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

  17. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  18. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  19. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. 2025-04-01 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

  21. 2025-03-28 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.

  22. 2025-03-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

  23. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  24. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 993, Hadwick.
Hazardous materials management: Rural CUPA Reimbursement Account.
Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to adopt regulations and implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program. A city or local agency that meets specified requirements is authorized to apply to the secretary to implement the unified program, and every county is required to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program as a Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA). Existing law establishes the Rural CUPA Reimbursement Account in the General Fund, and requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to allocate funds to counties with populations of less than 150,000 persons for which a CUPA has not been certified on or before January 1, 2000, and in which the unified program has been implemented by a CUPA
designated by the secretary, as specified, in amounts not to exceed designated percentages of budgeted
costs.
This bill, contingent on an appropriation for its purposes, would make every county with a population of less than 150,000 persons eligible for these funds without regard to the date of
certification or the qualification regarding CUPA implementation of the unified program.

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