Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 4
Author
Existing law creates the California Rice Commission with a prescribed membership and authorizes the commission, among other things, to promote the sale of rice, educate and instruct the wholesale and retail trade with respect to proper methods of handling and selling rice, and conduct scientific research. This bill would, before the beginning of each marketing season, authorize the commission to review drought conditions in the state and evaluate the impact of these conditions on the production and handling of rice. If the commission determines that the drought conditions had a detrimental impact upon the production and handling of rice, the bill would authorize the commission to issue a declaration that would require certain requirements pertaining to board membership, including expanded eligibility to serve on the commission, to be operative for the following marketing season, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to conduct a referendum every 5 years among handlers and producers to determine whether to continue the operations of the commission. This bill would provide that, if the commission issues the drought declaration, a person who is eligible to serve on the commission as a handler member or a producer member under the expanded eligibility requirements is also eligible to vote in this referendum. This bill would also make conforming and nonsubstantive changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1915.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1178.).
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 29).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 15).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB454 | HTML |
| 02/06/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/08/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 03/20/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/07/23 - Enrolled | |
| 07/21/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/14/23- Assembly Agriculture | |
| 03/28/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/15/23- Senate Agriculture | |
| 07/05/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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