republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1255.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural seed: county seed enforcement subventions."
description: "Existing law, the California Seed Law, provides that the Secretary of Food and Agriculture may pay counties, from moneys received by the secretary, as specified, an annual subvention for costs incurred in the enforcement of provisions of law relating to seed identification and quality. Existing law provides, pursuant to those provisions, that the subvention to counties be annually apportioned, as provided, according to whether the county has registered seed labelers. Existing law provides that agricultural commissioners of counties that choose to participate in the subvention program shall maintain a statewide compliance level on all seed within the county. Existing law provides that the secretary may withhold a portion of the funds designated to a county if that county fails to meet specified performance standards. Existing law provides that these provisions are operative until specified dates, but are all repealed on January 1, 2010."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1255"
citation: "California AB 1255 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Agricultural seed: county seed enforcement subventions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Berryhill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b69196b-b250-44e1-891f-c3c01fbc3183"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1255"
source_hash: "bbecd69cbdbfac18e4a924f3f56d456728538a0794b44ced4f42a935b5b6f194"
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 1255 (20092010) — Agricultural seed: county seed enforcement subventions.

Existing law, the California Seed Law, provides that the Secretary of Food and Agriculture may pay counties, from moneys received by the secretary, as specified, an annual subvention for costs incurred in the enforcement of provisions of law relating to seed identification and quality. Existing law provides, pursuant to those provisions, that the subvention to counties be annually apportioned, as provided, according to whether the county has registered seed labelers. Existing law provides that agricultural commissioners of counties that choose to participate in the subvention program shall maintain a statewide compliance level on all seed within the county. Existing law provides that the secretary may withhold a portion of the funds designated to a county if that county fails to meet specified performance standards. Existing law provides that these provisions are operative until specified dates, but are all repealed on January 1, 2010.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1255&version=20090AB125599INT)
2. **07/14/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1255&version=20090AB125598AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1255&version=20090AB125596CHP)
4. **AB1255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1255)
5. **09/02/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1255&version=20090AB125597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1255 BERRYHILL, T. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1255 BERRYHILL, T. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB1255 Tom Berryhill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom Berryhill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1534.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on F. & A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-13** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1981.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2795.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b69196b-b250-44e1-891f-c3c01fbc3183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).