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Bill	Agriculture.	(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture, with the prior approval of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Department of Health Care Services, to reproduce or distribute biological control organisms that are not detrimental to the public health and safety that are known to be useful in reducing or preventing plant or animal damage due to pests or diseases.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 862	California AB 862 (20152016)	bill	Agriculture.	enacted	Committee on Agriculture	7	22	6	2015-02-26	2015-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0d5c6cbb-a246-440b-a8aa-2b97d03fbb32	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB862	78587449c6892d7e213107ff8adb648257cedac61a971eebcaab5b11b141596c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 862 (20152016) — Agriculture.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture, with the prior approval of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Department of Health Care Services, to reproduce or distribute biological control organisms that are not detrimental to the public health and safety that are known to be useful in reducing or preventing plant or animal damage due to pests or diseases.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/08/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB862 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 862 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB862 Committee On AGRI. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 862 AGRI. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PEREA — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 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
• 2015-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1562.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2015-06-08 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
• 2015-06-25 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
• 2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2118.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2557.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 374, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d5c6cbb-a246-440b-a8aa-2b97d03fbb32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).