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type: "Bill"
title: "Certified farmers' markets: enforcement: civil penalties."
description: "Existing law regulates the direct marketing of agricultural products and generally provides that a violation of those provisions is an infraction. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, provides that in lieu of prosecution for a violation of the provisions regulating certified farmers' markets, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or a county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person who violates those provisions or any regulation implemented pursuant to those provisions, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 768"
citation: "California AB 768 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certified farmers' markets: enforcement: civil penalties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16275414-f0cb-4d40-a2c8-00705033100c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768"
source_hash: "b485830b1adc342cdf4450e2764807305c8859729116959e916211fbe66119ba"
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 768 (20172018) — Certified farmers' markets: enforcement: civil penalties.
Existing law regulates the direct marketing of agricultural products and generally provides that a violation of those provisions is an infraction. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, provides that in lieu of prosecution for a violation of the provisions regulating certified farmers' markets, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or a county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person who violates those provisions or any regulation implemented pursuant to those provisions, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768&version=20170AB76899INT)
2. **07/21/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768&version=20170AB76897CHP)
3. **AB768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768)
4. **07/06/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768&version=20170AB76898ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **100** (pass) · lower
- AB 768 AGUIAR-CURRY Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **40** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB768 — **330** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1144.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1843.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2017-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16275414-f0cb-4d40-a2c8-00705033100c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).