republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2324.md

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Bill	Avocados: sale or donation by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.	Existing law requires every person who is in possession of over 25 pounds of avocados that are produced in the state to possess a record of proof of ownership of the avocados, among other requirements related to avocados. Existing law, upon reasonable belief that a person is in unlawful possession of avocados, authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or any peace officer to seize the avocados and turn the avocados over to the custody of the secretary, as specified. Existing law requires the avocados to be released to the owner, or owner's agent, if the lawful owner is located. If for any reason the avocados are not released to the rightful owner after being in the custody of the secretary for 48 hours or, in the case of highly perishable avocados, a shorter period of time that the secretary deems necessary, existing law authorizes the secretary to either sell the avocados or donate the avocados to a nonprofit charitable organization, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2324	California AB 2324 (20232024)	bill	Avocados sale or donation by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture	enacted	Alanis	5	21	5	2024-02-12	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/b99a2375-2607-4dfe-b69e-8c3f6ae25100	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2324	a5faee83ea5cb486433e844a1bd10c0c43585c1edf4965681974220058102eca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2324 (20232024) — Avocados: sale or donation by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.

Existing law requires every person who is in possession of over 25 pounds of avocados that are produced in the state to possess a record of proof of ownership of the avocados, among other requirements related to avocados. Existing law, upon reasonable belief that a person is in unlawful possession of avocados, authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or any peace officer to seize the avocados and turn the avocados over to the custody of the secretary, as specified. Existing law requires the avocados to be released to the owner, or owner's agent, if the lawful owner is located. If for any reason the avocados are not released to the rightful owner after being in the custody of the secretary for 48 hours or, in the case of highly perishable avocados, a shorter period of time that the secretary deems necessary, existing law authorizes the secretary to either sell the avocados or donate the avocados to a nonprofit charitable organization, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2324 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/14/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2324 Alanis Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alanis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2024-03-21 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 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
• 2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5568.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5044.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b99a2375-2607-4dfe-b69e-8c3f6ae25100. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).