republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1752.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bees: pesticides: civil penalties."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1752"
citation: "California AB 1752 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bees", "civil penalties", "pesticides"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b804e7-7ee1-44ec-8858-2c7f45872153"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1752"
source_hash: "3f1b326d3224792120b1a39eda91c1e9ecd7fdbec8b3c29fa46873fe3157a2e3"
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 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.

1. **02/21/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1752&version=20230AB175299INT)
2. **04/17/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1752&version=20230AB175298AMD)
3. **08/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1752&version=20230AB175297AMD)
4. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1752&version=20230AB175295CHP)
5. **AB1752** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1752)
6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1752&version=20230AB175296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1752 AGRI. (Soria) By Eggman — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1752 Agriculture Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1752 AGRI. (Rivas, R.) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56b804e7-7ee1-44ec-8858-2c7f45872153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).