republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2413.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Office of Farm to Fork."
description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture, which is tasked with, among other things, promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state, and seeking to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber in a way that benefits the general welfare and economy of the state. Existing law also establishes the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative for the purpose of promoting healthy food access in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2413"
citation: "California AB 2413 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["The Office of Farm to Fork."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea8e0b5b-f04e-42e6-92b6-776c7a4d7317"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2413"
source_hash: "532e6b1c25c472d0f27bc1a9027275b79d0b706239fd7cb6df1f231f5040631d"
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 2413 (20132014) — The Office of Farm to Fork.

Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture, which is tasked with, among other things, promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state, and seeking to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber in a way that benefits the general welfare and economy of the state. Existing law also establishes the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative for the purpose of promoting healthy food access in the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2413&version=20130AB241399INT)
2. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2413&version=20130AB241398AMD)
3. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2413&version=20130AB241396CHP)
4. **AB2413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2413)
5. **08/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2413&version=20130AB241397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2413 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2413 PÉREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2413 John A. Pérez By Galgiani — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — 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`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5016.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** 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`
- **2014-06-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-08-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 4705.). `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.
- **2014-08-22** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6347.)
- **2014-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6354.). `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 583, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea8e0b5b-f04e-42e6-92b6-776c7a4d7317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).