--- type: "Bill" title: "Fertilizing materials: violations: administrative penalty: filing of final judgment." description: "Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person to manufacture or distribute in the state a fertilizing material without complying with specific laws. Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to levy a civil penalty against a person who violates these laws in an amount of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Existing law requires a person, against whom a civil penalty is levied, to be afforded an opportunity for a hearing, as provided. Existing law authorizes these penalties to be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the state." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 1039" citation: "California AB 1039 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Fertilizing materials: violations: administrative penalty: filing of final judgment."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"] version_count: 5 action_count: 19 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2015-02-26" last_action: "2015-09-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34827a8b-2375-413e-8477-315a6e021a15" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039" source_hash: "d080ea90b37f721ffcb4bffdd688773d397665ed0e03a243037477769da766a6" 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 1039 (20152016) — Fertilizing materials: violations: administrative penalty: filing of final judgment. Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person to manufacture or distribute in the state a fertilizing material without complying with specific laws. Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to levy a civil penalty against a person who violates these laws in an amount of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Existing law requires a person, against whom a civil penalty is levied, to be afforded an opportunity for a hearing, as provided. Existing law authorizes these penalties to be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the state. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039&version=20150AB103999INT) 2. **04/21/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039&version=20150AB103998AMD) 3. **09/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039&version=20150AB103996CHP) 4. **AB1039** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039) 5. **08/21/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039&version=20150AB103997ENR) ## Votes - AB 1039 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd AB1039 Committee On AGRI. — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Agriculture — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29. - **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-21** 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` - **2015-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1563.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2119.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2015-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2015-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34827a8b-2375-413e-8477-315a6e021a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).