CA AB 732
enactedAgriculture: neglected or abandoned crops: public nuisances: pests.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 732 pass?
Yes. CA AB 732 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-07. Latest recorded action (2025-10-07): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 732 about?
Under existing law, a neglected or abandoned plant or crop is a public nuisance if it is a menace to the agriculture of the county, district, or vicinity because of the existence of any pest, in or on it, or other condition, or if it is a host plant of, or provides a favorable or likely harbor for, any pest. Existing law defines "pest" for these purposes as an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of a plant, disorder of a plant that manifests symptoms or behavior characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease, form of animal life, or form of vegetable life, that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state. Existing law prohibits a person from maintaining a neglected or abandoned plant or crop that is a public nuisance. Existing law requires a county agricultural commissioner, in writing, to notify the owner of record or person in charge of a property that has a neglected or abandoned plant or crop that the commissioner has found to be a public nuisance, of the need to remove or destroy the neglected or abandoned plant or crop, as specified. If the removal or destruction of the neglected or abandoned plant or crop is undertaken by a commissioner, existing law requires the commissioner to cause a notice of lien that describes the land on which the public nuisance exists to be recorded and subjects the land to a lien for any expense that is incurred by the county subsequent to the recording of the notice in the abatement of the nuisance. This bill would authorize a county agricultural commissioner, in lieu of imposing a lien, as described above, to levy a civil penalty against a person who maintains a pest-related public nuisance in violation of the above-described prohibition, and would exclude from the definition of pest a beneficial organism that is used as a biological control agent or a conservation practice standard or on-farm management practice, as specified. The bill would require the civil penalty to be levied in accordance with specified procedures, including a requirement that the person charged with the violation receive notice of the nature of the violation and be given an opportunity to be heard. If the person takes a good faith action, as defined, to rectify the violation within 30 days of receiving notice, the bill would provide that the person is not liable for that civil penalty. The bill would require that civil penalty to be in an amount of up to $500 for each acre of property found to be in violation and would authorize that amount to be increased to up to $1,000 per acre if the person does not take a good faith action to rectify the public nuisance within 45 days of issuance of the original civil penalty. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2035.
Who sponsors CA AB 732?
Macedo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 732.
Description
Under existing law, a neglected or abandoned plant or crop is a public nuisance if it is a menace to the agriculture of the county, district, or vicinity because of the existence of any pest, in or on it, or other condition, or if it is a host plant of, or provides a favorable or likely harbor for, any pest. Existing law defines "pest" for these purposes as an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of a plant, disorder of a plant that manifests symptoms or behavior characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease, form of animal life, or form of vegetable life, that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state. Existing law prohibits a person from maintaining a neglected or abandoned plant or crop that is a public nuisance. Existing law requires a county agricultural commissioner, in writing, to notify the owner of record or person in charge of a property that has a neglected or abandoned plant or crop that the commissioner has found to be a public nuisance, of the need to remove or destroy the neglected or abandoned plant or crop, as specified. If the removal or destruction of the neglected or abandoned plant or crop is undertaken by a commissioner, existing law requires the commissioner to cause a notice of lien that describes the land on which the public nuisance exists to be recorded and subjects the land to a lien for any expense that is incurred by the county subsequent to the recording of the notice in the abatement of the nuisance. This bill would authorize a county agricultural commissioner, in lieu of imposing a lien, as described above, to levy a civil penalty against a person who maintains a pest-related public nuisance in violation of the above-described prohibition, and would exclude from the definition of pest a beneficial organism that is used as a biological control agent or a conservation practice standard or on-farm management practice, as specified. The bill would require the civil penalty to be levied in accordance with specified procedures, including a requirement that the person charged with the violation receive notice of the nature of the violation and be given an opportunity to be heard. If the person takes a good faith action, as defined, to rectify the violation within 30 days of receiving notice, the bill would provide that the person is not liable for that civil penalty. The bill would require that civil penalty to be in an amount of up to $500 for each acre of property found to be in violation and would authorize that amount to be increased to up to $1,000 per acre if the person does not take a good faith action to rectify the public nuisance within 45 days of issuance of the original civil penalty. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2035.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-24
- Latest action
- 2025-10-07 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Macedoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-03-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-24
Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD.
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2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).
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2025-05-01
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1486.)
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2025-05-08
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-21
Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD.
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2025-06-12
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-17
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-19
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-03
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-04
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3005.).
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2025-09-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3477.)
2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3510.).
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2025-09-13
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-07
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-07
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-09 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Soria: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ransom: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-22 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bryan: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-04-30 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: other
AB 732 Macedo Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-08 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Gabriel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Chen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Davies: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Soria: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Carrillo: other
- Arambula: other
- Irwin: other
- Gallagher: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Wallis: other
- Flora: other
- Boerner: other
- Sanchez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-07-01 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Hurtado: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
3rd Reading AB732 Macedo By McNerney
2025-09-12 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Choi: other
- Valladares: other
- Gonzalez: other
AB 732 MACEDO Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 72-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Mark González: other
- Jackson: other
- Bonta: other
- Elhawary: other
- Lee: other
- McKinnor: other
- Garcia: other
- Ta: other
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