---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pesticides: schoolsites."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Healthy Schools Act of 2000, requires each schoolsite to maintain records of all pesticide use at the schoolsite for a period of 4 years and to make these records available to the public upon request, as specified. Existing law authorizes a schoolsite to meet these requirements by retaining a copy of the warning sign posted for each pesticide application, as specified, and recording on the copy the amount of pesticide used. Existing law requires a schoolsite or school district to identify an individual, known as a school designee, to carry out the requirements of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1405"
citation: "California SB 1405 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pesticides: schoolsites."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dd5457f-aa3c-464b-90e2-4218a14da2ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405"
source_hash: "fbc91bc0b7e775f27892b5737cc050815d59bd4af65ddea7c5c502bae30f124d"
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 SB 1405 (20132014) — Pesticides: schoolsites.

(1) Existing law, the Healthy Schools Act of 2000, requires each schoolsite to maintain records of all pesticide use at the schoolsite for a period of 4 years and to make these records available to the public upon request, as specified. Existing law authorizes a schoolsite to meet these requirements by retaining a copy of the warning sign posted for each pesticide application, as specified, and recording on the copy the amount of pesticide used. Existing law requires a schoolsite or school district to identify an individual, known as a school designee, to carry out the requirements of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140599INT)
2. **04/09/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140598AMD)
3. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140597AMD)
4. **06/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140596AMD)
5. **06/12/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140595AMD)
6. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140594AMD)
7. **08/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140593AMD)
8. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140591CHP)
9. **SB1405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405)
10. **09/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1405&version=20130SB140592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1405 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1405 DeSaulnier Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3036.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2014-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3342.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2014-05-12** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3716.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3611.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-02** Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. (Page 6284.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6549.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4947.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 848, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dd5457f-aa3c-464b-90e2-4218a14da2ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).