republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1864.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pesticides: agricultural use near schoolsites: notification and reporting."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the agricultural commissioner of a county to adopt regulations applicable in the county that are supplemental to those of the Director of Pesticide Regulation that govern the conduct of pest control operations and records and reports of those operations. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to adopt regulations on the agricultural use of any pesticide for agricultural production within 14 mile of a school with respect to the timing, notification, and method of application. Existing regulations restrict specified applications of pesticides made for the production of an agricultural commodity within 14 mile of a schoolsite."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1864"
citation: "California AB 1864 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pesticides", "agricultural use near schoolsites", "notification and reporting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Connolly"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b4f6ed-42b5-4cf6-a276-0b38d2db7b84"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864"
source_hash: "06fe993a0c87777cf52f2f8d951af3cf1b6434b3690ea7bd23d05d07cb97a7a6"
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 1864 (20232024) — Pesticides: agricultural use near schoolsites: notification and reporting.

(1) Existing law authorizes the agricultural commissioner of a county to adopt regulations applicable in the county that are supplemental to those of the Director of Pesticide Regulation that govern the conduct of pest control operations and records and reports of those operations. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to adopt regulations on the agricultural use of any pesticide for agricultural production within 14 mile of a school with respect to the timing, notification, and method of application. Existing regulations restrict specified applications of pesticides made for the production of an agricultural commodity within 14 mile of a schoolsite.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186499INT)
2. **03/06/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186498AMD)
3. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186497AMD)
4. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186496AMD)
5. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186495AMD)
6. **06/26/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186494AMD)
7. **08/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186493AMD)
8. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186492AMD)
9. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186490CHP)
10. **AB1864** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864)
11. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1864&version=20230AB186491ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Agriculture] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1864 Connolly Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–10** (pass) · lower
- AB 1864 Connolly Assembly Third Reading — **47–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1864 Connolly et al. By Hurtado — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Connolly — primary (person)
- Addis — author (person)
- Hurtado — principal coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) . `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 14. Page 5366.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** 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`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-08-05** 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`
- **2024-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 10.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60b4f6ed-42b5-4cf6-a276-0b38d2db7b84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).