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CA AB710

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/28/2021

Primary Sponsor

Eduardo Garcia

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Origin

State Assembly

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires growers or producers selling listed agricultural products (apples, asparagus, bell peppers, blueberries, dates, honeydew melons, lemons, nectarines, olives, and table grapes) to attest under penalty of perjury that products comply with California health, environmental protection, and labor laws using a department-developed form.

  • Prohibits distributors from selling listed agricultural products produced in other U.S. states to retailers unless the distributor reasonably believes the products comply with California health and environmental protection laws.

  • Prohibits distributors from selling listed agricultural products produced in-state or outside the country to retailers unless the distributor reasonably believes the products comply with California health, environmental protection, and labor laws.

  • Requires distributors selling to retailers to provide self-attestation forms received from growers or producers; providing such forms creates a rebuttable presumption of compliance with applicable laws.

  • Establishes a $500 civil penalty per violation, enforced by the Attorney General at the department's request, with recovered funds deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund for administration and enforcement of these requirements.

Legislative Description

Sale of listed agricultural products: requirements for sale.

Last Action

In committee: Set, second hearing. Failed passage.

6/14/2022

Committee Referrals

Business, Professions and Economic Development6/9/2021
Rules5/28/2021
Appropriations4/15/2021
Agriculture2/25/2021

Full Bill Text

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