republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1039.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fertilizing materials: violations: administrative penalty: filing of final judgment."
description: "Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person to manufacture or distribute in the state a fertilizing material without complying with specific laws. Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to levy a civil penalty against a person who violates these laws in an amount of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Existing law requires a person, against whom a civil penalty is levied, to be afforded an opportunity for a hearing, as provided. Existing law authorizes these penalties to be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1039"
citation: "California AB 1039 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fertilizing materials: violations: administrative penalty: filing of final judgment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34827a8b-2375-413e-8477-315a6e021a15"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039"
source_hash: "d080ea90b37f721ffcb4bffdd688773d397665ed0e03a243037477769da766a6"
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 1039 (20152016) — Fertilizing materials: violations: administrative penalty: filing of final judgment.

Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person to manufacture or distribute in the state a fertilizing material without complying with specific laws. Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to levy a civil penalty against a person who violates these laws in an amount of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Existing law requires a person, against whom a civil penalty is levied, to be afforded an opportunity for a hearing, as provided. Existing law authorizes these penalties to be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039&version=20150AB103999INT)
2. **04/21/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039&version=20150AB103998AMD)
3. **09/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039&version=20150AB103996CHP)
4. **AB1039** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039)
5. **08/21/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1039&version=20150AB103997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1039 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1039 Committee On AGRI. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1563.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2119.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34827a8b-2375-413e-8477-315a6e021a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).