---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pesticides: neonicotinoids: reevaluation: determination: control measures."
description: "Existing law requires pesticides to be registered by the Department of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law requires that a pesticide be thoroughly evaluated prior to registration, and provides for the continued evaluation of registered pesticides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1789"
citation: "California AB 1789 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pesticides: neonicotinoids: reevaluation: determination: control measures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2ca4ab6-0267-4edf-84b3-a0fb1aa91ab6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1789"
source_hash: "75b375a04c29f8055957052b0e084ec9abdd34af280a3e52edb315fa0409b95a"
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 1789 (20132014) — Pesticides: neonicotinoids: reevaluation: determination: control measures.

Existing law requires pesticides to be registered by the Department of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law requires that a pesticide be thoroughly evaluated prior to registration, and provides for the continued evaluation of registered pesticides.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1789&version=20130AB178999INT)
2. **04/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1789&version=20130AB178998AMD)
3. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1789&version=20130AB178996CHP)
4. **AB1789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1789)
5. **08/25/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1789&version=20130AB178997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1789 Williams By Hill — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1789 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5010.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 4726.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2ca4ab6-0267-4edf-84b3-a0fb1aa91ab6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).