republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1763.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and agriculture: industry-funded standardization program: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995: Noxious Weed Management Account."
description: "The Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995 requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish a grant program to provide funds to technical assistance providers, as defined, to provide technical assistance to applicants of the Healthy Soils Program, the alternative manure management practices programs, and the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program. The act requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to make available not less than 5% of the funds appropriated to the department for those programs, but not more than $5,000,000, to the technical assistance grant program, as specified. The act limits the technical assistance grants to up to $100,000 annually for no more than 3 years for a total grant of not more than $300,000 per technical assistance provider. The act requires the department to establish criteria and guidelines for technical assistance providers to qualify to receive grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1763"
citation: "California AB 1763 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995", "Food and agriculture", "Noxious Weed Management Account", "industry-funded standardization program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68d08755-239c-4961-9123-5880a405f109"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1763"
source_hash: "55d11e46c3050b1e3aaf4dafb4d433261f60174e8a965761d702dfc343ba9881"
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 1763 (20232024) — Food and agriculture: industry-funded standardization program: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995: Noxious Weed Management Account.

The Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995 requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish a grant program to provide funds to technical assistance providers, as defined, to provide technical assistance to applicants of the Healthy Soils Program, the alternative manure management practices programs, and the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program. The act requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to make available not less than 5% of the funds appropriated to the department for those programs, but not more than $5,000,000, to the technical assistance grant program, as specified. The act limits the technical assistance grants to up to $100,000 annually for no more than 3 years for a total grant of not more than $300,000 per technical assistance provider. The act requires the department to establish criteria and guidelines for technical assistance providers to qualify to receive grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1763&version=20230AB176399INT)
2. **06/19/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1763&version=20230AB176398AMD)
3. **08/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1763&version=20230AB176397AMD)
4. **09/22/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1763&version=20230AB176395CHP)
5. **AB1763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1763)
6. **08/29/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1763&version=20230AB176396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1763 Agriculture Assembly Third Reading By RIVAS, R. — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1763 Agriculture Concurrence in Senate Amendments By SORIA — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1763 AGRI. — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** From printer. May be heard in committee April 13.
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2136.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** 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`
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-08-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2181.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2825.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, 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/68d08755-239c-4961-9123-5880a405f109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).