Agricultural products: direct marketing: certified farmers' markets.
(1) Existing law provides for the establishment of standards for various agricultural products, including fruits, nuts, and vegetables, and authorizes the use of the term "California grown" and similar terms for marketing, advertising, or promotional purposes only to identify food or agricultural products that have been produced in the state or harvested in its surface or coastal waters, and makes the fraudulent use of the term or a deliberately misleading or unwarranted use of the term a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $3,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
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California Legislature
20132014
AB 1871
California AB 1871 (20132014)
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Agricultural products: direct marketing: certified farmers' markets.
California AB 1871 (20132014) — Agricultural products: direct marketing: certified farmers' markets.
(1) Existing law provides for the establishment of standards for various agricultural products, including fruits, nuts, and vegetables, and authorizes the use of the term "California grown" and similar terms for marketing, advertising, or promotional purposes only to identify food or agricultural products that have been produced in the state or harvested in its surface or coastal waters, and makes the fraudulent use of the term or a deliberately misleading or unwarranted use of the term a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $3,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1871 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — 71–5 (pass) · lower
AB 1871 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dickinson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2014-02-27 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 as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 5348.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2014-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-04 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 4712.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-21 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 6383.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/403189ad-0720-451a-8c2b-3931ec25b65b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).