Existing law requires the Director of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations necessary to minimize the hazard to bees, while still providing for the reasonable and necessary application of pesticides toxic to bees to blossoming plants, as specified. Under existing law, a failure to comply with those regulations is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each day that the violation continues and, after a warning notice of 7 days is given, is an infraction.
California AB 1752 (20232024) — Bees: pesticides: civil penalties.
Existing law requires the Director of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations necessary to minimize the hazard to bees, while still providing for the reasonable and necessary application of pesticides toxic to bees to blossoming plants, as specified. Under existing law, a failure to comply with those regulations is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each day that the violation continues and, after a warning notice of 7 days is given, is an infraction.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1752 Agriculture Concurrence in Senate Amendments By SORIA — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2023-03-16 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2023-04-17 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
2023-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1367.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2023-05-31 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-06-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1723.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-06-27 Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
2023-06-27 Action rescinded whereby the bill was ordered to enrollment.
2023-06-27 Ordered to the Senate.
2023-06-28 In Senate. Held at Desk.
2023-08-14 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
2023-08-14 Ordered to third reading.
2023-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2359.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3035.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 854, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56b804e7-7ee1-44ec-8858-2c7f45872153. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).