republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-856.md

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Bill	Fertilizing material: organic input material.	Existing law generally regulates fertilizing materials, as defined, and provides for the licensure of individuals who manufacture or distribute fertilizing materials.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 856	California AB 856 (20092010)	bill appropriation	Fertilizing material: organic input material.	enacted	Caballero	9	30	8	2009-02-26	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/9c372d24-3850-4f3c-afb2-1e773f0279ec	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB856	5d2bb8443f84d43a7fb75a7e762e422158baf8e0962b623dc951ad6c85a89939	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 856 (20092010) — Fertilizing material: organic input material.

Existing law generally regulates fertilizing materials, as defined, and provides for the licensure of individuals who manufacture or distribute fertilizing materials.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB856 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/21/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Food and Agriculture. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB856 Caballero By Maldonado — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 856 CABALLERO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 856 CABALLERO Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Caballero — primary (person)
• Tom Berryhill — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2009-04-13 Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 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
• 2009-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2009-04-27 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
• 2009-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2009-04-30 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-29 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1883.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-11 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and F. & A. referral-committee
• 2009-06-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2009-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-07-06 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on F. & A. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-07 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-08-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-08-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-08-19 (Corrected September 1.)
• 2009-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-03 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2161.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3348.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-28 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 257, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c372d24-3850-4f3c-afb2-1e773f0279ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).