republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2324.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified farmers' markets."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation of certified farmers' markets and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to adopt regulations to encourage the direct sale by farmers to the public of all types of California agricultural products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2324"
citation: "California AB 2324 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certified farmers' markets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2583f70a-edb2-4689-ac95-97dad15553ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324"
source_hash: "1efc2c0c053f34bd417a220f3cf7da3a5e217507ba9decfbbcc9411260a1b71c"
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 2324 (20152016) — Certified farmers' markets.

Existing law provides for the regulation of certified farmers' markets and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to adopt regulations to encourage the direct sale by farmers to the public of all types of California agricultural products.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324&version=20150AB232499INT)
2. **03/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324&version=20150AB232498AMD)
3. **05/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324&version=20150AB232497AMD)
4. **06/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324&version=20150AB232496AMD)
5. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324&version=20150AB232495AMD)
6. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324&version=20150AB232493CHP)
7. **AB2324** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324)
8. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2324&version=20150AB232494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2324 Eggman By Wolk — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2324 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2324 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5181.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5048.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6136.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 384, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2583f70a-edb2-4689-ac95-97dad15553ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).