---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture: certified farmers' markets."
description: "Agriculture: certified farmers' markets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1726"
citation: "California AB 1726 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture: certified farmers' markets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-03-03"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28071c46-ee1a-4d62-89c4-c723a0490650"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1726"
source_hash: "c92df96a9f9d0122f42220649ff5376bf8df1ea9881fbdb5cd012a9af420d84e"
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 1726 (20032004) — Agriculture: certified farmers' markets.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/03/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1726&version=20030AB172699INT)
2. **01/08/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1726&version=20030AB172698AMD)
3. **02/25/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1726&version=20030AB172697AMD)
4. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1726&version=20030AB172695CHP)
5. **AB1726** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1726)
6. **08/19/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1726&version=20030AB172696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1726 agri. assembly third reading by matthews — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1726 committee on agri. (matthews) by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1726 agri. concurrence in senate amendments by matthews — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 444, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 2. Page 7366.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 6. Page 4895.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-25** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 4368.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (January 21). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-15** From committee: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 14). `referral-committee, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** From printer. May be heard in committee April 3.
- **2003-03-03** 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/28071c46-ee1a-4d62-89c4-c723a0490650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).