Under existing law, the Department of Food and Agriculture is designated as the lead department in noxious weed management, and requires the department, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to implement provisions relating to noxious weed management. Existing law creates the Noxious Weed Management Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and provides for the allocation of those funds, by percentage, for specified purposes, including control and abatement, research, and to the department for purposes of carrying out those provisions relating to noxious weed management.
California AB 2402 (20132014) — Noxious weed management.
Under existing law, the Department of Food and Agriculture is designated as the lead department in noxious weed management, and requires the department, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to implement provisions relating to noxious weed management. Existing law creates the Noxious Weed Management Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and provides for the allocation of those funds, by percentage, for specified purposes, including control and abatement, research, and to the department for purposes of carrying out those provisions relating to noxious weed management.
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. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2402 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Buchanan — primary (person)
Frazier — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2014-03-10 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2014-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. 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
2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5273.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-11 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: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. 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 36. Noes 0. Page 4367.). 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.
2014-08-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-08-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97c25fca-c60d-469f-acef-31d7408400d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).