Economic development: international trade and investment.
(1) Existing law creates the California Agricultural Export Promotion Account, a special account, in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and continuously appropriates moneys in the account to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to support export promotional and public relations activities conducted generally and pursuant to specified provisions relating to foreign marketing. Existing law requires the account to consist exclusively of funds received for that purpose from private industry sources, marketing order advisory boards, and agricultural councils and agricultural commissions. Existing law requires funds expended from the account to be used exclusively for activities that directly benefit the industry sources from which the moneys are derived.
California AB 2832 (20232024) — Economic development: international trade and investment.
(1) Existing law creates the California Agricultural Export Promotion Account, a special account, in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and continuously appropriates moneys in the account to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to support export promotional and public relations activities conducted generally and pursuant to specified provisions relating to foreign marketing. Existing law requires the account to consist exclusively of funds received for that purpose from private industry sources, marketing order advisory boards, and agricultural councils and agricultural commissions. Existing law requires funds expended from the account to be used exclusively for activities that directly benefit the industry sources from which the moneys are derived.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2832 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2832 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Ward — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
2024-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and G.O. referral-committee
2024-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5238.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 6434.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f5792e8-29c8-4437-9d0d-cf9db08dd119. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).