---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pest control: violations and penalties: civil penalty."
description: "(1) Under existing law, it is unlawful to use any fraud or misrepresentation in making an application to the Department of Pesticide Regulation for a license or for renewal of a license to conduct specified pest control operations or activities. A violation of this provision is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1480"
citation: "California AB 1480 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pest control: violations and penalties: civil penalty."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9603fd5d-b32d-406c-b29e-bc89ca129f77"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1480"
source_hash: "0ec177a9f8eab9f88a6750fe817a19393353fed7ab9573bad524bb75ba7d510c"
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 1480 (20172018) — Pest control: violations and penalties: civil penalty.

(1) Under existing law, it is unlawful to use any fraud or misrepresentation in making an application to the Department of Pesticide Regulation for a license or for renewal of a license to conduct specified pest control operations or activities. A violation of this provision is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1480&version=20170AB148099INT)
2. **03/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1480&version=20170AB148098AMD)
3. **07/31/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1480&version=20170AB148096CHP)
4. **AB1480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1480)
5. **07/14/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1480&version=20170AB148097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1480 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1480 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-13** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1145.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Coms. on EQ. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2024.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2017-07-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9603fd5d-b32d-406c-b29e-bc89ca129f77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).