republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-335.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursery Advisory Board."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation of nursery stock and generally requires that nursery stock comply with certain standards and be subject to specified labeling requirements. Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to sell nursery stock without a license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 335"
citation: "California SB 335 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursery Advisory Board."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f442e47d-dc18-4f20-a1a1-141f899f95e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB335"
source_hash: "32bc6aa7e3568b63b192a202f77c2e475ae99c58de9da28c99c03d71991b9aa3"
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 SB 335 (20172018) — Nursery Advisory Board.

Existing law provides for the regulation of nursery stock and generally requires that nursery stock comply with certain standards and be subject to specified labeling requirements. Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to sell nursery stock without a license.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB335&version=20170SB33599INT)
2. **03/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB335&version=20170SB33598AMD)
3. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB335&version=20170SB33597AMD)
4. **09/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB335&version=20170SB33595CHP)
5. **SB335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB335)
6. **08/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB335&version=20170SB33596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 335 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2017-03-29** April 4 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-03-30** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2017-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 726.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2017-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 960.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2768.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f442e47d-dc18-4f20-a1a1-141f899f95e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).