Fruit, nut, and vegetable standards: civil penalties.
Existing law provides for the establishment and maintenance of minimum standards of quality and maturity for fruits, nuts, and vegetables, as specified, and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or the county agricultural commissioner, in lieu of civil prosecution, to levy a civil penalty against a person for a violation of the laws or regulations relating to fruit, nut, and vegetable standards. Existing law requires the person charged with the violation to be given notice and an opportunity to be heard, and authorizes the person to appeal to the secretary within 10 days of the date of receiving notification of the fine, in accordance with specified procedures.
California SB 504 (20132014) — Fruit, nut, and vegetable standards: civil penalties.
Existing law provides for the establishment and maintenance of minimum standards of quality and maturity for fruits, nuts, and vegetables, as specified, and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or the county agricultural commissioner, in lieu of civil prosecution, to levy a civil penalty against a person for a violation of the laws or regulations relating to fruit, nut, and vegetable standards. Existing law requires the person charged with the violation to be given notice and an opportunity to be heard, and authorizes the person to appeal to the secretary within 10 days of the date of receiving notification of the fine, in accordance with specified procedures.
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
SB 504 Berryhill, T. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #1 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Berryhill — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2013-03-19 Set for hearing April 2.
2013-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 387.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-05 Set for hearing April 15.
2013-04-15 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2013-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2013-04-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 608.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-06-10 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2013-06-19 Hearing postponed by committee.
2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-08-14 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2672.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-22 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2013-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2013-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 254, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/576aef1a-5aaf-44c4-a67c-dcf6ac17927c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).