republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-982.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Apple Commission: organic apple certification program."
description: "Existing law provides that there is in state government the California Apple Commission. Existing law vests the commission with certain powers and duties, including to recommend to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture the adoption of maturity standards authorized pursuant to specified state marketing laws. Existing law provides that, unless a different penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of the Food and Agricultural Code is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "California SB 982 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Apple Commission: organic apple certification program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba105620-2141-4b4b-98bb-e4350f5904d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB982"
source_hash: "82ce92e317506d4fddaf2f1e0d746f43f18b2706e93622c0c34d9c9b5caa66b5"
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 982 (20212022) — California Apple Commission: organic apple certification program.

Existing law provides that there is in state government the California Apple Commission. Existing law vests the commission with certain powers and duties, including to recommend to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture the adoption of maturity standards authorized pursuant to specified state marketing laws. Existing law provides that, unless a different penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of the Food and Agricultural Code is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB982&version=20210SB98299INT)
2. **03/01/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB982&version=20210SB98298AMD)
3. **04/07/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB982&version=20210SB98297AMD)
4. **08/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB982&version=20210SB98295CHP)
5. **SB982** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB982)
6. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB982&version=20210SB98296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 982 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB982 Laird et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Villapudua — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-11** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Set for hearing March 24.
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3218.) (March 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2022-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3581.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5827.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2022-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 224, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba105620-2141-4b4b-98bb-e4350f5904d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).