(1) Existing law, the Apiary Protection Act, provides for the regulation and management of apiaries. Existing law requires that registration of an apiary be filed with the agricultural commissioner of the county in which the apiary is located, or with the Secretary of Food and Agriculture if there is no agricultural commissioner in the county. Existing law requires any person relocating a bee colony from a registered apiary in one county to another county where the apiary is not registered to notify the county agricultural commissioner within 72 hours of the first movement. Existing law conditions the availability of certain protections under the Apiary Protection Act on a beekeeper's compliance with this requirement. Existing law exempts information provided pursuant to this requirement from disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act.
California AB 450 (20192020) — Bees: Apiary Protection Act.
(1) Existing law, the Apiary Protection Act, provides for the regulation and management of apiaries. Existing law requires that registration of an apiary be filed with the agricultural commissioner of the county in which the apiary is located, or with the Secretary of Food and Agriculture if there is no agricultural commissioner in the county. Existing law requires any person relocating a bee colony from a registered apiary in one county to another county where the apiary is not registered to notify the county agricultural commissioner within 72 hours of the first movement. Existing law conditions the availability of certain protections under the Apiary Protection Act on a beekeeper's compliance with this requirement. Existing law exempts information provided pursuant to this requirement from disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB450 Arambula et al. By Hurtado — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 450 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
AB 450 Irwin Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Arambula — primary (person)
Irwin — author (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
Mathis — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2019-02-21 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2019-03-28 Coauthors revised.
2019-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1360.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-08 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2019-06-11 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
2019-06-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-06-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2270.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2893.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb75ae2f-4d9f-4b68-9959-a2f96f51a187. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).