---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pesticides: neonicotinoids for nonagricultural use: reevaluation: control measures."
description: "Existing law, added by the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991, creates the Department of Pesticide Regulation, which is administered by the Director of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law requires the director to endeavor to eliminate from use a pesticide that endangers the agricultural or nonagricultural environment. Existing law requires pesticides to be registered by the department, and requires that a pesticide be thoroughly evaluated prior to registration. Existing law provides for the continued evaluation of registered pesticides. Existing law requires the department, by July 1, 2018, to issue a determination with respect to its reevaluation of neonicotinoids and to adopt any control measures necessary to protect pollinator health within 2 years after making that determination. Existing law provides that every person who violates a provision of any of certain laws relating to pesticides, or a regulation issued pursuant to any of those laws, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by specified fines or by imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 363"
citation: "California AB 363 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pesticides", "control measures", "neonicotinoids for nonagricultural use", "reevaluation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21569684-978b-461d-bd18-0f81f40e3343"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB363"
source_hash: "5abb330f7ff4ee0b61c2e4f2c53c0daabb44d43c7a09d95868cef5aef284d7b5"
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 363 (20232024) — Pesticides: neonicotinoids for nonagricultural use: reevaluation: control measures.

Existing law, added by the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991, creates the Department of Pesticide Regulation, which is administered by the Director of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law requires the director to endeavor to eliminate from use a pesticide that endangers the agricultural or nonagricultural environment. Existing law requires pesticides to be registered by the department, and requires that a pesticide be thoroughly evaluated prior to registration. Existing law provides for the continued evaluation of registered pesticides. Existing law requires the department, by July 1, 2018, to issue a determination with respect to its reevaluation of neonicotinoids and to adopt any control measures necessary to protect pollinator health within 2 years after making that determination. Existing law provides that every person who violates a provision of any of certain laws relating to pesticides, or a regulation issued pursuant to any of those laws, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by specified fines or by imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or both.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB363&version=20230AB36399INT)
2. **03/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB363&version=20230AB36398AMD)
3. **07/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB363&version=20230AB36397AMD)
4. **09/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB363&version=20230AB36396AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB363&version=20230AB36394CHP)
6. **AB363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB363)
7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB363&version=20230AB36395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 363 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–16** (pass) · lower
- AB 363 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **57–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB363 Bauer-Kahan By Allen — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 1974.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 2858.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 3282.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 520, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21569684-978b-461d-bd18-0f81f40e3343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).