republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1642.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pest control: Pierce's disease."
description: "Existing law establishes the Pierce's Disease Control Program in the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Pierce's Disease Management Account in the Food and Agriculture Fund. Existing law allows money in this account to be expended as specified to combat Pierce's disease and its vectors, including the glassy-winged sharpshooter, and for purposes relating to other designated pests and diseases, as provided. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on March 1, 2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1642"
citation: "California AB 1642 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Pest control: Pierce's disease."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8895644-c595-43fe-a137-d70177340bda"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1642"
source_hash: "b5ce675af8f3dd3b36c36cbd8bdbb12aba2f020e4d4f263d35c31e06daa3ac2c"
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 1642 (20132014) — Pest control: Pierce's disease.

Existing law establishes the Pierce's Disease Control Program in the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Pierce's Disease Management Account in the Food and Agriculture Fund. Existing law allows money in this account to be expended as specified to combat Pierce's disease and its vectors, including the glassy-winged sharpshooter, and for purposes relating to other designated pests and diseases, as provided. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on March 1, 2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1642&version=20130AB164299INT)
2. **08/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1642&version=20130AB164297CHP)
3. **AB1642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1642)
4. **08/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1642&version=20130AB164298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1642 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1642 Chesbro By Berryhill — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)
- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
- Walters — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5171.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4368.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-08-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 231, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8895644-c595-43fe-a137-d70177340bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).