republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-222.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Agriculture: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, a continuously appropriated fund used for specified purposes relating to enforcement of various provisions of law relating to various agriculture programs. Notwithstanding those provisions, existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish all permanent positions within the department with the Controller's office pursuant to standard state administrative practices, and to report to the chairs of the fiscal committees of the Legislature, no later than January 10, 2005, on the positions established and funded, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 222"
citation: "California AB 222 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Agriculture: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-01"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b04662a1-c2c9-4123-a63c-e5e0da35b8e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB222"
source_hash: "c275fae858eafe77388bf163e26ef4d566ae52d30da53a18686ee4424070d9f5"
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 222 (20112012) — Food and Agriculture: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, a continuously appropriated fund used for specified purposes relating to enforcement of various provisions of law relating to various agriculture programs. Notwithstanding those provisions, existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish all permanent positions within the department with the Controller's office pursuant to standard state administrative practices, and to report to the chairs of the fiscal committees of the Legislature, no later than January 10, 2005, on the positions established and funded, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB222&version=20110AB22299INT)
2. **04/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB222&version=20110AB22298AMD)
3. **06/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB222&version=20110AB22297AMD)
4. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB222&version=20110AB22295CHP)
5. **AB222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB222)
6. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB222&version=20110AB22296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 222 AGRI. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GALGIANI — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 222 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB222 Committee on AGRI. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 983.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1573.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 2161.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b04662a1-c2c9-4123-a63c-e5e0da35b8e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).