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type: "Bill"
title: "Pest control: citrus disease prevention."
description: "Existing law creates in the Department of Food and Agriculture the California Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Committee, composed as specified, with specified powers and duties, including, among others, the authority to develop, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, a statewide citrus-specific pest and disease workplan that includes informational programs to educate and train residential owners of citrus fruit, local communities, groups, and individuals on the prevention of pests, and diseases and their vectors, specific to citrus and programs for surveying, detecting, analyzing, and treating citrus pests and diseases. Existing law authorizes the imposition of a monthly assessment on citrus producers, as provided, for specified related purposes, and requires the assessment to be remitted to the department and deposited into the Citrus Disease Management Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, which funds in that account are available upon appropriation by the Legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 604"
citation: "California AB 604 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Pest control: citrus disease prevention."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De Leon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2010-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7342cd7-b798-4f63-9bf3-37871db2d7c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604"
source_hash: "72fd68ce42cab9e0423cf345691fa223fb95dce7a600b671f60fe83feff12ac1"
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 604 (20092010) — Pest control: citrus disease prevention.
Existing law creates in the Department of Food and Agriculture the California Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Committee, composed as specified, with specified powers and duties, including, among others, the authority to develop, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, a statewide citrus-specific pest and disease workplan that includes informational programs to educate and train residential owners of citrus fruit, local communities, groups, and individuals on the prevention of pests, and diseases and their vectors, specific to citrus and programs for surveying, detecting, analyzing, and treating citrus pests and diseases. Existing law authorizes the imposition of a monthly assessment on citrus producers, as provided, for specified related purposes, and requires the assessment to be remitted to the department and deposited into the Citrus Disease Management Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, which funds in that account are available upon appropriation by the Legislature.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604&version=20090AB60499INT)
2. **03/24/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604&version=20090AB60495AMD)
3. **04/22/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604&version=20090AB60498AMD)
4. **04/28/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604&version=20090AB60493CHP)
5. **05/05/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604&version=20090AB60497AMD)
6. **09/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604&version=20090AB60496AMD)
7. **AB604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604)
8. **04/26/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB604&version=20090AB60494ENR)
## Votes
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB604 De Leon Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 604 FULLER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 604 DE LEON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- De Leon — primary (person)
- Fuller — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2009-03-16** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1846.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on F. & A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** To inactive file on motion of Senator Maldonado.
- **2010-03-22** From inactive file.
- **2010-03-22** To second reading.
- **2010-03-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3199.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-04-22** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4786.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-04-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2010-04-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-04-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 17, Statutes of 2010.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7342cd7-b798-4f63-9bf3-37871db2d7c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).