---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organic products."
description: "Organic products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2823"
citation: "California AB 2823 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Organic products."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2828d79-07a7-4d1e-b518-cdee05a95ca1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823"
source_hash: "8c478cc724255993a6eb62651cebe4654fec4ccbbd8c2c4abb68e867f04e6679"
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 2823 (20012002) — Organic products.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823&version=20010AB282399INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823&version=20010AB282398AMD)
3. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823&version=20010AB282397AMD)
4. **06/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823&version=20010AB282396AMD)
5. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823&version=20010AB282395AMD)
6. **08/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823&version=20010AB282394AMD)
7. **09/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823&version=20010AB282392CHP)
8. **AB2823** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823)
9. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2823&version=20010AB282393ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2823 Strom-Martin By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2823 Strom-Martin By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2823 Strom-Martin By Costa Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2823 Strom-Martin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2823 Strom-Martin Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 8343.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 5761.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** (Corrected August 21. )
- **2002-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-15** (Corrected August 14. )
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5429.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Costa. Reconsideration granted. (Page 5442.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 6502.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2828d79-07a7-4d1e-b518-cdee05a95ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).