---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural pest control: citrus disease prevention: monthly assessment."
description: "Existing law creates the California Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Committee in the Department of Food and Agriculture to, among other things, develop a statewide citrus specific pest and disease work plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 822"
citation: "California SB 822 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural pest control: citrus disease prevention: monthly assessment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-01-05"
last_action: "2016-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e8f8fb9-3d33-43cb-92fe-693bb7a99173"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB822"
source_hash: "8fee45672ced365a3491e00d73574c6633de19dcc1356b2921a8103dc4d83b89"
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 822 (20152016) — Agricultural pest control: citrus disease prevention: monthly assessment.

Existing law creates the California Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Committee in the Department of Food and Agriculture to, among other things, develop a statewide citrus specific pest and disease work plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB822&version=20150SB82299INT)
2. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB822&version=20150SB82298AMD)
3. **09/09/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB822&version=20150SB82296CHP)
4. **SB822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB822)
5. **08/22/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB822&version=20150SB82297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 822 Roth Senate Third Reading By MATHIS — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2016-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3310.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2016-04-11** April 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3998.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 4089.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Waldron.
- **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5903.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 279, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e8f8fb9-3d33-43cb-92fe-693bb7a99173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).