republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2470.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Seed Law."
description: "Existing law, the California Seed Law, regulates seed sold in California, and requires each container of agricultural seed that is for sale or sold within this state for sowing purposes to be labeled, as specified, unless the sale is an occasional sale of seed grain by the producer of the seed grain to his neighbor for use by the purchaser within the county of production. Existing law defines \"person\" for purposes of the California Seed Law to mean an individual, partnership, trust association, cooperative association, or any other business unit or organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2470"
citation: "California AB 2470 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Seed Law."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef00fd76-9a06-4ea3-98a4-0ce2343b6a63"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2470"
source_hash: "47c3290e5221cc0c7548c1e6664598ff089ef9138b35e9e91a4becc0ce84f68c"
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 2470 (20132014) — California Seed Law.

Existing law, the California Seed Law, regulates seed sold in California, and requires each container of agricultural seed that is for sale or sold within this state for sowing purposes to be labeled, as specified, unless the sale is an occasional sale of seed grain by the producer of the seed grain to his neighbor for use by the purchaser within the county of production. Existing law defines "person" for purposes of the California Seed Law to mean an individual, partnership, trust association, cooperative association, or any other business unit or organization.

## 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=201320140AB2470&version=20130AB247099INT)
2. **06/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2470&version=20130AB247098AMD)
3. **08/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2470&version=20130AB247096CHP)
4. **AB2470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2470)
5. **08/13/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2470&version=20130AB247097ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2470 Salas By Galgiani — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2470 SALAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2470 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (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`
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4852.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** 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`
- **2014-06-17** 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 34. Noes 0. Page 4367.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 5953.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef00fd76-9a06-4ea3-98a4-0ce2343b6a63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).