republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-504.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fruit, nut, and vegetable standards: civil penalties."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 504"
citation: "California SB 504 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fruit", "nut", "and vegetable standards: civil penalties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berryhill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/576aef1a-5aaf-44c4-a67c-dcf6ac17927c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB504"
source_hash: "6370f55d2a3e2359f1f156b41bc764a190805242ca374281530b46de8df28752"
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 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.

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB504&version=20130SB50499INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB504&version=20130SB50498AMD)
3. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB504&version=20130SB50496CHP)
4. **SB504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB504)
5. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB504&version=20130SB50497ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/576aef1a-5aaf-44c4-a67c-dcf6ac17927c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).