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CA AB 1551

introduced

California Rice Commission: purpose.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

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. Existing law declares the California Rice Commission to be necessary for, among other things, carrying out the California rice industry's commitment to responsible stewardship and increasingly efficient cultural practices. This bill would additionally declare the commission to be necessary for maintaining a sufficient footprint of annual rice acreage to support the wildlife habitat objectives of the state.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-17 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Krellauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-07

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2026-01-08

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.

  3. 2026-02-02

    Referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  4. 2026-03-26

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25).

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  5. 2026-04-06

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  6. 2026-04-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 4556.)

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  7. 2026-04-09

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  8. 2026-05-06

    Referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  9. 2026-06-16

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 16).

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  10. 2026-06-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-03-25 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Soria: yes

  • AB 1551 Krell Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-04-09 · pass · 64-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Bryan: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Ávila Farías: other
    • Haney: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Flora: other
    • Kalra: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Ortega: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Addis: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Bonta: other

  • Do pass

    2026-06-16 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ashby: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1551

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