republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-856.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Agriculture.	Agriculture.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 856	California AB 856 (20072008)	bill	Agriculture.	enacted	Galgiani	6	25	6	2007-02-22	2008-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/ffea1128-4cc0-4f04-990c-a9b2e654dde0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB856	70d0c97303237e25ab778416eb85be1d54be0af121c0f95450793e8162244c3b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 856 (20072008) — Agriculture.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/19/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB856 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/22/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 856 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #38 AB856 Galgiani By Maldonado — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 856 PARRA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Galgiani — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2007-03-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. referral-committee
• 2007-04-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-04-17 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-04-18 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2007-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-04-30 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1324.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-05-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. referral-committee
• 2007-06-20 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-07-03 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2007-07-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-07-09 To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
• 2008-08-13 From inactive file. To second reading.
• 2008-08-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-19 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-22 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5330.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6924.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 425, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffea1128-4cc0-4f04-990c-a9b2e654dde0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).