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Bill	Pest control operations: aircraft operations: private applicator.	(1) Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to operate an aircraft in pest control unless, among other things, the pilot operating the aircraft holds a valid manned or unmanned pest control aircraft pilot's certificate issued by the Director of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law requires each unmanned pest control aircraft pilot's certificate to designate the pilot's status as a journeyman, apprentice, or vector control technician, and requires an applicant for a manned or unmanned pest control aircraft pilot's certificate to pass an examination as a condition of licensure.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1016	California AB 1016 (20232024)	bill	Pest control operations aircraft operations private applicator	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	6	28	10	2023-02-15	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/0f8116d6-760e-4f41-ac8c-2dd9a58c6a75	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1016	89cd6ee7908940db7e3bbbd8a54c0ca5bfa926d04d7d7523a82249aab77b29a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1016 (20232024) — Pest control operations: aircraft operations: private applicator.

(1) Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to operate an aircraft in pest control unless, among other things, the pilot operating the aircraft holds a valid manned or unmanned pest control aircraft pilot's certificate issued by the Director of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law requires each unmanned pest control aircraft pilot's certificate to designate the pilot's status as a journeyman, apprentice, or vector control technician, and requires an applicant for a manned or unmanned pest control aircraft pilot's certificate to pass an examination as a condition of licensure.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1016 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1016 Jones-Sawyer Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Agriculture] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1016 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1016 Jones-Sawyer et al. By Caballero — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1888.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and AGRI. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2435.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3179.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 354, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f8116d6-760e-4f41-ac8c-2dd9a58c6a75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).