republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2452.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2023, establishes a structural fumigation enforcement program that requires the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation to provide oversight for the program. Under that program, existing law requires any company performing a structural fumigation in specified counties, including the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara, and San Diego, to pay the county agricultural commissioner a prescribed fee for each fumigation conducted at a specific location. Existing law authorizes the commissioners of those counties to perform increased structural fumigation, inspection, and enforcement activities to be funded by the required fee, and requires these funds to be paid to the county and used for the sole purpose of funding enforcement and training activities directly related to the structural fumigation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2452"
citation: "California AB 2452 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cba0be7-21ed-4ec0-8316-d7fe06cdd981"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2452"
source_hash: "9d2d70ff752330fc7419f248ca9a42803e3a24409004a7027f84c489616c681b"
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 AB 2452 (20212022) — Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program.

Existing law, until January 1, 2023, establishes a structural fumigation enforcement program that requires the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation to provide oversight for the program. Under that program, existing law requires any company performing a structural fumigation in specified counties, including the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara, and San Diego, to pay the county agricultural commissioner a prescribed fee for each fumigation conducted at a specific location. Existing law authorizes the commissioners of those counties to perform increased structural fumigation, inspection, and enforcement activities to be funded by the required fee, and requires these funds to be paid to the county and used for the sole purpose of funding enforcement and training activities directly related to the structural fumigation program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2452&version=20210AB245299INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2452&version=20210AB245298AMD)
3. **03/28/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2452&version=20210AB245297AMD)
4. **09/02/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2452&version=20210AB245295CHP)
5. **AB2452** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2452)
6. **08/19/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2452&version=20210AB245296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2452 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2452 Chen By Ochoa Bogh — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4581.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4879.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 235, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cba0be7-21ed-4ec0-8316-d7fe06cdd981`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).