---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pesticides: copper-based antifouling paint: leach rate determination: mitigation measure recommendations."
description: "Existing law requires every manufacturer of, importer of, or dealer in any pesticide, except a person that sells any pesticide that has been registered by the manufacturer or wholesaler, to obtain a certificate of registration from the Department of Pesticide Regulation before the pesticide is offered for sale."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 425"
citation: "California AB 425 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pesticides: copper-based antifouling paint: leach rate determination: mitigation measure recommendations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38297b19-4369-4a2c-aecd-85cb5a50517e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB425"
source_hash: "85d4b9d42a8d18196e076aebc4021ab975fdbbb6d978c1d6405de7e150a05660"
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 425 (20132014) — Pesticides: copper-based antifouling paint: leach rate determination: mitigation measure recommendations.

Existing law requires every manufacturer of, importer of, or dealer in any pesticide, except a person that sells any pesticide that has been registered by the manufacturer or wholesaler, to obtain a certificate of registration from the Department of Pesticide Regulation before the pesticide is offered for sale.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB425&version=20130AB42599INT)
2. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB425&version=20130AB42598AMD)
3. **07/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB425&version=20130AB42597AMD)
4. **10/05/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB425&version=20130AB42595CHP)
5. **AB425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB425)
6. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB425&version=20130AB42596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 425 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB425 Atkins By Pavley — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 425 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** 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`
- **2013-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1565.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2096.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2907.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 587, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38297b19-4369-4a2c-aecd-85cb5a50517e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).