republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-623.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State-designated fairs: district agricultural associations: farmers' markets: California Apple Commission."
description: "(1) Existing law defines state-designated fairs as the California Exposition and State Fair and other specified fairs that may receive financial support or are otherwise governed by specified state laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 623"
citation: "California AB 623 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State-designated fairs: district agricultural associations: farmers' markets: California Apple Commission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f0d304-0416-45ce-86d1-809d60d18676"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB623"
source_hash: "85b5d02ef91af8b4aee4e8f08643374425b9008a252899f73b295a78cb14ff9c"
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 623 (20212022) — State-designated fairs: district agricultural associations: farmers' markets: California Apple Commission.

(1) Existing law defines state-designated fairs as the California Exposition and State Fair and other specified fairs that may receive financial support or are otherwise governed by specified state laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB623&version=20210AB62399INT)
2. **06/24/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB623&version=20210AB62398AMD)
3. **08/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB623&version=20210AB62397AMD)
4. **09/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB623&version=20210AB62395CHP)
5. **AB623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB623)
6. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB623&version=20210AB62396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB623 AGRI. (Rivas, R.) By Caballero — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 623 AGRI. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By RIVAS, R. — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 623 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1336.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** From Consent Calendar. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2226.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2646.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 374, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f0d304-0416-45ce-86d1-809d60d18676`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).