republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3260.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Food and Agriculture: administrative civil penalties: notice."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a California farmer or rancher who obtains a certified producer's certificate to sell agricultural products, as defined, directly to the public at a certified farmers' market, as specified. Existing law provides, among other things, that it is unlawful for any person operating under these provisions to commit certain acts related to the conduct of farmers' markets, including to deceptively prepare, pack, place, deliver, load, ship, transport, or sell those products. Existing law provides that in lieu of prosecution, but not precluding suspension or revocation of certified producer's certificates or certified farmers' market certificates, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or a county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person who violates these provisions, or any regulation implemented pursuant to these provisions, pursuant to a hearing and appeals process, as specified. Existing law provides that a county agricultural commissioner's authority to administer administrative civil penalties, suspensions, or both, is subject to specified jurisdictional requirements, but that the secretary's authority is not subject to those requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3260"
citation: "California AB 3260 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Food and Agriculture: administrative civil penalties: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/736704b0-10ae-4053-947a-8c02221e0f7e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3260"
source_hash: "034a2db184548ae48a3659a9e3e400eaa88ef006cea808c5fd7e310b227a1bb3"
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 3260 (20172018) — Department of Food and Agriculture: administrative civil penalties: notice.

(1) Existing law authorizes a California farmer or rancher who obtains a certified producer's certificate to sell agricultural products, as defined, directly to the public at a certified farmers' market, as specified. Existing law provides, among other things, that it is unlawful for any person operating under these provisions to commit certain acts related to the conduct of farmers' markets, including to deceptively prepare, pack, place, deliver, load, ship, transport, or sell those products. Existing law provides that in lieu of prosecution, but not precluding suspension or revocation of certified producer's certificates or certified farmers' market certificates, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or a county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person who violates these provisions, or any regulation implemented pursuant to these provisions, pursuant to a hearing and appeals process, as specified. Existing law provides that a county agricultural commissioner's authority to administer administrative civil penalties, suspensions, or both, is subject to specified jurisdictional requirements, but that the secretary's authority is not subject to those requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/21/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3260&version=20170AB326099INT)
2. **04/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3260&version=20170AB326098AMD)
3. **04/30/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3260&version=20170AB326097AMD)
4. **08/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3260&version=20170AB326095CHP)
5. **AB3260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3260)
6. **08/08/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3260&version=20170AB326096ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB3260 AGRI. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3260 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** From printer. May be heard in committee April 21.
- **2018-04-02** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5219.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5168.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/736704b0-10ae-4053-947a-8c02221e0f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).