---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Food and Agriculture: member qualification and conflicts: pest control: plant quarantine inspection stations."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes in state government the State Board of Food and Agriculture, which consists of 15 members, composed as specified, appointed by the Governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 219"
citation: "California AB 219 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Board of Food and Agriculture: member qualification and conflicts: pest control: plant quarantine inspection stations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-04"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c79a47b7-8596-462d-ba76-4e533b02e95f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB219"
source_hash: "58d1188cbbda51fc7486a878c77bb94e23efde8a03f19f55655b4a3178690d17"
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 219 (20092010) — State Board of Food and Agriculture: member qualification and conflicts: pest control: plant quarantine inspection stations.

(1) Existing law establishes in state government the State Board of Food and Agriculture, which consists of 15 members, composed as specified, appointed by the Governor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB219&version=20090AB21999INT)
2. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB219&version=20090AB21998AMD)
3. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB219&version=20090AB21996CHP)
4. **AB219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB219)
5. **09/03/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB219&version=20090AB21997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 219 RUSKIN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 219 RUSKIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB219 Ruskin By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 755.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Referred to Com. on F. & A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-13** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2009-07-13** To inactive file on motion of Senator Leno.
- **2010-08-02** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2010-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4798.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6608.)
- **2010-08-25** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6726.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 343, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c79a47b7-8596-462d-ba76-4e533b02e95f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).