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Bill	Pesticides: use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides.	Existing law regulates the use of pesticides and authorizes the Director of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations to govern the possession, sale, or use of any pesticide, as prescribed. Existing law prohibits the use of any pesticide that contains one or more of specified anticoagulants in wildlife habitat areas, as defined. Existing law exempts from this prohibition the use of these pesticides for agricultural activities, as defined. Existing law requires the director, and each county agricultural commissioner under the direction and supervision of the director, to enforce the provisions regulating the use of pesticides. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1788	California AB 1788 (20192020)	bill	Pesticides: use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides.	enacted	Bloom	10	37	10	2019-02-22	2020-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/5b6d2872-b32f-4bbd-a646-5b5f341d367f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1788	70a8c64d6811aa880d3fade4901ab0d03c03241b67aefb7b7b9f3f084389e27e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1788 (20192020) — Pesticides: use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides.

Existing law regulates the use of pesticides and authorizes the Director of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations to govern the possession, sale, or use of any pesticide, as prescribed. Existing law prohibits the use of any pesticide that contains one or more of specified anticoagulants in wildlife habitat areas, as defined. Existing law exempts from this prohibition the use of these pesticides for agricultural activities, as defined. Existing law requires the director, and each county agricultural commissioner under the direction and supervision of the director, to enforce the provisions regulating the use of pesticides. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/30/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1788 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/04/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 1788 Bloom Assembly Third Reading — 49–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 1788 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1788 Bloom et al. By Allen — 23–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bloom — primary (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-18 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 16. Page 1512.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-16 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2019-05-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-08-19 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-08-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-07-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-19 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 7.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 5466.)
• 2020-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 5472.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b6d2872-b32f-4bbd-a646-5b5f341d367f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).