republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-861.md

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Bill	Africanized honey bees.	The Apiary Protection Act specifies that any hive or comparable apparatus that is not occupied by a live bee colony and that is accessible to bees is a public nuisance and is subject to abatement in a specified manner.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 861	California AB 861 (20172018)	bill	Africanized honey bees.	enacted	Dahle	6	21	6	2017-02-16	2017-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/cb0f59f6-2008-4d91-bbdd-1ea8c91bac42	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB861	5327493a3439ea90b07d9a3d2cde9ddc4dc0467c007a935b3c3855c344568b3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 861 (20172018) — Africanized honey bees.

The Apiary Protection Act specifies that any hive or comparable apparatus that is not occupied by a live bee colony and that is accessible to bees is a public nuisance and is subject to abatement in a specified manner.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/31/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB861 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 861 DAHLE Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass 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 — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 861 DAHLE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB861 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dahle — primary (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 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
• 2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2017-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1617.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 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
• 2017-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-10 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2023.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-07-17 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2567.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-07-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-07-31 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-07-31 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb0f59f6-2008-4d91-bbdd-1ea8c91bac42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).