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Medical waste: law enforcement drug takeback programs.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

CA AB 649 · Assembly Bill · 2015–2016

Stage
Session ended
Started in
Assembly
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Aug 27, 2015

What it does

Existing law, the Medical Waste Management Act, regulates the disposal of medical waste, including requiring medical waste to be treated by specified methods prior to disposal, including incineration in a controlled-air, multichamber incinerator, or other method of incineration approved by the State Department of Public Health that provides complete combustion of the waste into carbonized or mineralized ash.

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Where it stands

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Aug 27, 2015

  4. Law (Needs attention)

    The session ended first

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Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

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Where it goes next

While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.

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