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Bill Pest control aircraft pilot's certificate: unmanned aircraft. Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to operate an aircraft in pest control unless the pilot operating the aircraft holds a valid pest control aircraft pilot's certificate issued by the Director of Pesticide Regulation and an appropriate and valid commercial pilot's certificate and a current appropriate medical certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. Existing law requires each pest control aircraft pilot's certificate to designate the pilot's status as a journeyman or apprentice, and requires an applicant for a pest control aircraft pilot's certificate to pass an examination as a condition of licensure. Existing law also makes it unlawful for any person to act as a pest control aircraft pilot in any county without first registering with the appropriate county agricultural commissioner. A violation of the provisions regulating pest control or regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions is a misdemeanor. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 527 California AB 527 (20172018)
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California AB 527 (20172018) — Pest control aircraft pilot's certificate: unmanned aircraft.

Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to operate an aircraft in pest control unless the pilot operating the aircraft holds a valid pest control aircraft pilot's certificate issued by the Director of Pesticide Regulation and an appropriate and valid commercial pilot's certificate and a current appropriate medical certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. Existing law requires each pest control aircraft pilot's certificate to designate the pilot's status as a journeyman or apprentice, and requires an applicant for a pest control aircraft pilot's certificate to pass an examination as a condition of licensure. Existing law also makes it unlawful for any person to act as a pest control aircraft pilot in any county without first registering with the appropriate county agricultural commissioner. A violation of the provisions regulating pest control or regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions is a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/13/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/25/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/22/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/21/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 10/02/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. AB527 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 80 (pass) · lower
  • AB 527 CABALLERO Assembly Third Reading — 5718 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Agriculture] — 60 (pass) · upper
  • AB 527 Caballero Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 5717 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB527 Caballero By Wieckowski — 382 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Caballero — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2017-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
  • 2017-02-27 Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2017-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 1526.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2017-05-24 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and AGRI. referral-committee
  • 2017-06-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2017-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
  • 2017-06-26 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2017-06-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2017-08-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
  • 2017-08-28 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 2857.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 3395.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
  • 2017-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 404, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4493ea22-a383-43ce-90fc-6f3239cf5a9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).