---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and agriculture: tomatoes."
description: "Food and agriculture: tomatoes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 317"
citation: "California AB 317 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and agriculture: tomatoes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-07"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c93606-1a7e-44d2-a2b0-30817edc6e17"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB317"
source_hash: "9358f24907ad2f55a8381bbb802890451e5500af49b901c5429ca58cd8856e18"
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 317 (20032004) — Food and agriculture: tomatoes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB317&version=20030AB31799INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB317&version=20030AB31798AMD)
3. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB317&version=20030AB31796CHP)
4. **AB317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB317)
5. **08/25/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB317&version=20030AB31797ENR)

## Votes

- ab 317 salinas consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab317 salinas by machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 2124.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1254.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2003-02-07** 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/d7c93606-1a7e-44d2-a2b0-30817edc6e17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).