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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certified farmers' markets: enforcement: civil penalties."
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description: "Existing law regulates the direct marketing of agricultural products and generally provides that a violation of those provisions is an infraction. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, provides that in lieu of prosecution for a violation of the provisions regulating certified farmers' markets, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or a county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person who violates those provisions or any regulation implemented pursuant to those provisions, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 768"
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citation: "California AB 768 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Certified farmers' markets: enforcement: civil penalties."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-02-15"
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last_action: "2017-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16275414-f0cb-4d40-a2c8-00705033100c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768"
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source_hash: "b485830b1adc342cdf4450e2764807305c8859729116959e916211fbe66119ba"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 768 (20172018) — Certified farmers' markets: enforcement: civil penalties.
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Existing law regulates the direct marketing of agricultural products and generally provides that a violation of those provisions is an infraction. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, provides that in lieu of prosecution for a violation of the provisions regulating certified farmers' markets, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or a county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person who violates those provisions or any regulation implemented pursuant to those provisions, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768&version=20170AB76899INT)
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2. **07/21/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768&version=20170AB76897CHP)
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3. **AB768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768)
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4. **07/06/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB768&version=20170AB76898ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 768 AGUIAR-CURRY Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd AB768 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1144.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1843.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
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- **2017-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16275414-f0cb-4d40-a2c8-00705033100c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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