republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-657.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture: commercial feed."
description: "Existing law establishes an inspection tonnage tax for commercial feed, as specified, with a maximum rate of $0.15 per ton. The funds collected are deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and are continuously appropriated for purposes of provisions regulating commercial feed. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to designate a specified amount of the tonnage taxes collected to provide funding for research and education regarding the safe manufacture, distribution, and use of commercial feed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 657"
citation: "California AB 657 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Agriculture: commercial feed."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aa2000d-cac7-4833-9417-d6603b4138bd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB657"
source_hash: "3c4b6eb00e620cc5d80f60c8d9206818d0a27d5ec7458f0648594de2a2669764"
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 657 (20192020) — Agriculture: commercial feed.

Existing law establishes an inspection tonnage tax for commercial feed, as specified, with a maximum rate of $0.15 per ton. The funds collected are deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and are continuously appropriated for purposes of provisions regulating commercial feed. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to designate a specified amount of the tonnage taxes collected to provide funding for research and education regarding the safe manufacture, distribution, and use of commercial feed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB657&version=20190AB65799INT)
2. **06/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB657&version=20190AB65798AMD)
3. **09/20/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB657&version=20190AB65796CHP)
4. **AB657** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB657)
5. **09/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB657&version=20190AB65797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB657 Eggman By Caballero — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 657 Eggman Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 657 Eggman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1871.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2285.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2895.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aa2000d-cac7-4833-9417-d6603b4138bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).