CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 643Introduced by Assembly Member WilsonFebruary 13, 2025An act to amend Section 42654 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate change.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 643, as introduced, Wilson. Climate change: short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction.Existing law establishes methane emissions reduction goals that include a target to reduce landfill disposal of organics by 75% of the 2014 level of the statewide disposal of organic waste by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals. Existing law specifies that the adopted regulations do not limit the authority of local jurisdictions to adopt, implement, or enforce additional requirements on organic waste reduction.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provision related to the authority of local jurisdictions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 42654 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:42654. This chapter shall does not limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt, implement, or enforce requirements in addition to those set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 643Introduced by Assembly Member WilsonFebruary 13, 2025An act to amend Section 42654 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate change.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 643, as introduced, Wilson. Climate change: short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction.Existing law establishes methane emissions reduction goals that include a target to reduce landfill disposal of organics by 75% of the 2014 level of the statewide disposal of organic waste by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals. Existing law specifies that the adopted regulations do not limit the authority of local jurisdictions to adopt, implement, or enforce additional requirements on organic waste reduction.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provision related to the authority of local jurisdictions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 643
Introduced by Assembly Member WilsonFebruary 13, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Wilson
February 13, 2025
An act to amend Section 42654 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate change.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 643, as introduced, Wilson. Climate change: short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction.
Existing law establishes methane emissions reduction goals that include a target to reduce landfill disposal of organics by 75% of the 2014 level of the statewide disposal of organic waste by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals. Existing law specifies that the adopted regulations do not limit the authority of local jurisdictions to adopt, implement, or enforce additional requirements on organic waste reduction.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provision related to the authority of local jurisdictions.
Existing law establishes methane emissions reduction goals that include a target to reduce landfill disposal of organics by 75% of the 2014 level of the statewide disposal of organic waste by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals. Existing law specifies that the adopted regulations do not limit the authority of local jurisdictions to adopt, implement, or enforce additional requirements on organic waste reduction.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provision related to the authority of local jurisdictions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 42654 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:42654. This chapter shall does not limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt, implement, or enforce requirements in addition to those set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 42654 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:42654. This chapter shall does not limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt, implement, or enforce requirements in addition to those set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
SECTION 1. Section 42654 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
42654. This chapter shall does not limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt, implement, or enforce requirements in addition to those set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
42654. This chapter shall does not limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt, implement, or enforce requirements in addition to those set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
42654. This chapter shall does not limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt, implement, or enforce requirements in addition to those set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
42654. This chapter shall does not limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt, implement, or enforce requirements in addition to those set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.