---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified farmers' markets."
description: "Certified farmers' markets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 593"
citation: "California AB 593 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certified farmers' markets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab478652-8b4d-4660-b6d8-f6816741d140"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593"
source_hash: "5a045bdb2e3c69d606be06267c91be9ab43111ff348930b882c6b533a6f60155"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 593 (19992000) — Certified farmers' markets.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59399INT)
2. **04/22/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59398AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59397AMD)
4. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59396AMD)
5. **06/02/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59395AMD)
6. **06/21/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59394AMD)
7. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59393AMD)
8. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59392AMD)
9. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59390CHP)
10. **AB593** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593)
11. **09/03/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB593&version=19990AB59391ENR)

## Votes

- AB 593 STROM-MARTIN THIRD READING — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 593 STROM-MARTIN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB593 Strom-Martin By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)
- Cardoza — principal coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — author (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 833, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 3807.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **1999-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2798.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to AGR. & WAT. RES. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 10. Page 2492.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 2.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Joint Rule 61 (a)(2) suspended.
- **1999-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **1999-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab478652-8b4d-4660-b6d8-f6816741d140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).