(1) Existing law regulates rendering, which is defined as the recycling, processing, and conversion of, among other things, inedible kitchen grease. Existing law requires renderers and collection centers to be licensed and to pay a specified license fee. Existing law, operative until July 1, 2020, authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to charge each licensed renderer and collection center an additional fee, up to a specified maximum amount per year for each licensed rendering plant or collection center, to cover the reasonable costs of administering provisions regulating renderers, collection centers, and transporters of inedible kitchen grease. Existing law requires fees and penalties collected pursuant to these provisions to be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund (fund) and continuously appropriates the collected funds for the purposes described above.
California AB 419 (20192020) — Food and agriculture.
(1) Existing law regulates rendering, which is defined as the recycling, processing, and conversion of, among other things, inedible kitchen grease. Existing law requires renderers and collection centers to be licensed and to pay a specified license fee. Existing law, operative until July 1, 2020, authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to charge each licensed renderer and collection center an additional fee, up to a specified maximum amount per year for each licensed rendering plant or collection center, to cover the reasonable costs of administering provisions regulating renderers, collection centers, and transporters of inedible kitchen grease. Existing law requires fees and penalties collected pursuant to these provisions to be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund (fund) and continuously appropriates the collected funds for the purposes described above.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
AB 419 AGRI. Assembly Third Reading By EGGMAN — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 419 AGRI. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By EGGMAN — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB419 AGRI. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2019-02-15 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2019-03-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2019-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1804.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-29 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2019-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-19 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2244.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2834.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2019.
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd9ecedb-98a1-4d10-8b19-ba9fb82015d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).