Existing law, the California Beef Council Law, establishes the California Beef Council, comprised of 20 members and 20 alternate members appointed by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to perform various advisory and other duties relating to the California beef industry. The California Beef Council Law establishes a $1 fee per head on each sale of cattle and calves to administer the California Beef Council Law, and requires the fee to be collected from the seller by the operator of the stockyard, live auction market, slaughterhouse, or feedlot, or from the seller along with brand inspection fees by the Bureau of Livestock Identification. Existing law also provides that the fee from the sale of calves exempt from brand inspection that is not collected in the manner specified above is required to be collected from the seller by the purchaser, for payment to the secretary.
California SB 965 (20172018) — California Cattle Council.
Existing law, the California Beef Council Law, establishes the California Beef Council, comprised of 20 members and 20 alternate members appointed by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to perform various advisory and other duties relating to the California beef industry. The California Beef Council Law establishes a $1 fee per head on each sale of cattle and calves to administer the California Beef Council Law, and requires the fee to be collected from the seller by the operator of the stockyard, live auction market, slaughterhouse, or feedlot, or from the seller along with brand inspection fees by the Bureau of Livestock Identification. Existing law also provides that the fee from the sale of calves exempt from brand inspection that is not collected in the manner specified above is required to be collected from the seller by the purchaser, for payment to the secretary.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB965 McGuire et al. Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
SB 965 McGuire Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
Galgiani — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-31 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-01 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
2018-02-08 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2018-03-16 Set for hearing April 3.
2018-03-22 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
2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4513.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-24 Withdrawn from committee.
2018-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
2018-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4970.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5086.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-05-25 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2018-06-21 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
2018-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-16 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-16 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6410.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5605.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 410, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6587fcbc-85e9-4dd7-94b0-111204b61153. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).