republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organic products."
description: "(1) Existing law, the California Organic Food and Farming Act, requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture and county agricultural commissioners to enforce state and federal laws governing the production, labeling, and marketing of organic products, as specified. Existing law authorizes, to the extent that funds are available, the secretary, in consultation with the California Organic Products Advisory Committee, to establish procedures for and conduct specified activities, including conducting periodic spot inspections and conducting periodic prohibited substance testing on products labeled as organic. Existing law also authorizes the secretary and county agricultural commissioners to conduct a program of spot inspections to determine compliance with the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1117"
citation: "California SB 1117 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Organic products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00a74350-6bb6-4713-abbe-9abc6e76c989"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1117"
source_hash: "1b629af3b3f0e6213f39c482740816ce7f6ca82f89efaeaeba0a6b2eed75c431"
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 1117 (20232024) — Organic products.

(1) Existing law, the California Organic Food and Farming Act, requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture and county agricultural commissioners to enforce state and federal laws governing the production, labeling, and marketing of organic products, as specified. Existing law authorizes, to the extent that funds are available, the secretary, in consultation with the California Organic Products Advisory Committee, to establish procedures for and conduct specified activities, including conducting periodic spot inspections and conducting periodic prohibited substance testing on products labeled as organic. Existing law also authorizes the secretary and county agricultural commissioners to conduct a program of spot inspections to determine compliance with the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1117&version=20230SB111799INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1117&version=20230SB111798AMD)
3. **05/30/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1117&version=20230SB111797AMD)
4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1117&version=20230SB111795CHP)
5. **SB1117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1117)
6. **08/23/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1117&version=20230SB111796ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1117 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- [04-02-2024] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Coms. on AGRI and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2024-03-18** 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`
- **2024-04-02** April 2 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
- **2024-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3444.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3635.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2024-04-29** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3831.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-13** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** 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`
- **2024-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6320.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5297.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 456, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00a74350-6bb6-4713-abbe-9abc6e76c989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).