republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-822.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutional purchasers: sale of California produce."
description: "Under existing law, price, fitness, and quality being equal, any body, officer, or other person charged with the purchase, or permitted or authorized to purchase supplies for the use of the state, or of any of its institutions or offices, or for the use of any county or city, is required to always prefer supplies, defined to include produce, that are grown, manufactured, or produced in the state, and is required to next prefer supplies partially manufactured, grown, or produced in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 822"
citation: "California AB 822 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Institutional purchasers: sale of California produce."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e9e02a2-ff62-41c8-952f-37e4446c5cfc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB822"
source_hash: "c8da18612f1ab2956381d8d79aea73be5510bbaf3d5a92c658c0f269a3e643d4"
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 822 (20172018) — Institutional purchasers: sale of California produce.

Under existing law, price, fitness, and quality being equal, any body, officer, or other person charged with the purchase, or permitted or authorized to purchase supplies for the use of the state, or of any of its institutions or offices, or for the use of any county or city, is required to always prefer supplies, defined to include produce, that are grown, manufactured, or produced in the state, and is required to next prefer supplies partially manufactured, grown, or produced in the state.

## 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=201720180AB822&version=20170AB82299INT)
2. **06/27/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB822&version=20170AB82298AMD)
3. **07/10/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB822&version=20170AB82297AMD)
4. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB822&version=20170AB82295CHP)
5. **AB822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB822)
6. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB822&version=20170AB82296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 822 CABALLERO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB822 Caballero et al. By Galgiani — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 822 CABALLERO Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caballero — primary (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — author (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (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 Coms. on A. & A.R. and AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1896.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** 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`
- **2017-07-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2561.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3134.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 785, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e9e02a2-ff62-41c8-952f-37e4446c5cfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).