---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture: bees: civil remedies."
description: "Existing law, the Apiary Protection Act, generally regulates bee management and beekeepers and provides various enforcement and penalty provisions for violating the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2755"
citation: "California AB 2755 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture: bees: civil remedies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31b9bf10-6d93-4d8c-ac59-ade86c394a98"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2755"
source_hash: "ab07b01d6d0c05a90ca5c48a1d7beec9d680e4974fcc8e1d0feda013f2333c38"
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 2755 (20152016) — Agriculture: bees: civil remedies.

Existing law, the Apiary Protection Act, generally regulates bee management and beekeepers and provides various enforcement and penalty provisions for violating the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2755&version=20150AB275599INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2755&version=20150AB275598AMD)
3. **04/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2755&version=20150AB275597AMD)
4. **08/17/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2755&version=20150AB275595CHP)
5. **AB2755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2755)
6. **08/03/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2755&version=20150AB275596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2755 GALLAGHER Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2755 Gallagher By Cannella — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallagher — primary (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4590.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4726.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 138, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31b9bf10-6d93-4d8c-ac59-ade86c394a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).