republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-513.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renderers and farmers' markets: regulatory fees."
description: "Existing law defines rendering as the recycling, processing, and conversion of animal and fish byproducts and carcasses from the meat, poultry, and seafood industries, as well as used kitchen grease into fats, oils, and proteins that are used primarily as feed in the animal, poultry, and pet food industries. Existing law requires every person engaged in the business of rendering to obtain a license from the Department of Food and Agriculture for each rendering plant, establishes the qualifications for obtaining that license, and authorizes a peace officer or any employee of the department to inspect any premises maintained by a renderer that is licensed pursuant to these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 513"
citation: "California SB 513 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Renderers and farmers' markets: regulatory fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7d23197-28f5-42ea-afa0-43c13e009ad0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB513"
source_hash: "d7fb0776c5416abeada80628d1b8ddab1ea671ae52c3756ee165b3a73c71854f"
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 SB 513 (20112012) — Renderers and farmers' markets: regulatory fees.

Existing law defines rendering as the recycling, processing, and conversion of animal and fish byproducts and carcasses from the meat, poultry, and seafood industries, as well as used kitchen grease into fats, oils, and proteins that are used primarily as feed in the animal, poultry, and pet food industries. Existing law requires every person engaged in the business of rendering to obtain a license from the Department of Food and Agriculture for each rendering plant, establishes the qualifications for obtaining that license, and authorizes a peace officer or any employee of the department to inspect any premises maintained by a renderer that is licensed pursuant to these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB513&version=20110SB51399INT)
2. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB513&version=20110SB51398AMD)
3. **07/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB513&version=20110SB51397AMD)
4. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB513&version=20110SB51395CHP)
5. **SB513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB513)
6. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB513&version=20110SB51396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB513 Cannella Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 513 Cannella Senate Third Reading By GALGIANI — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 845.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1013.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1177.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2583.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2150.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 337, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7d23197-28f5-42ea-afa0-43c13e009ad0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).