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Bill	Honey.	Existing law defines "honey" for purposes of those provisions of law that regulate the content, labeling, and container standards of honey.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1216	California AB 1216 (20092010)	bill	Honey.	enacted	Evans	10	29	6	2009-02-27	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/4025fbcd-363a-4941-9c76-e658e73e5c39	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1216	2544fa90b13d105828455165acf51e87388a520d06fcd1456548ebc6719a129c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1216 (20092010) — Honey.

Existing law defines "honey" for purposes of those provisions of law that regulate the content, labeling, and container standards of honey.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/02/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/04/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/30/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/13/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1216 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/08/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1216 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1216 Evans By Maldonado — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1216 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Evans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2009-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2009-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2009-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-05-04 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-18 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-21 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1630.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-04 Referred to Com. on F. & A. referral-committee
• 2009-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on F. & A. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-06-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on F. & A. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-07-09 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-07-13 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-18 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-31 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 2019.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-02 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2889.)
• 2009-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2904.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-10 Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 388, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4025fbcd-363a-4941-9c76-e658e73e5c39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).