Bill Text: CA AB1963 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Pesticides: paraquat dichloride.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-08-29 - Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 16.). [AB1963 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1963-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
September 03, 2024 |
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Passed
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Senate
August 28, 2024 |
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Passed
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Assembly
August 29, 2024 |
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Amended
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Senate
August 23, 2024 |
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Amended
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Senate
August 19, 2024 |
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Amended
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Senate
July 03, 2024 |
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Amended
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Senate
June 20, 2024 |
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Amended
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Senate
June 06, 2024 |
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Amended
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Assembly
April 25, 2024 |
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Amended
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Assembly
April 11, 2024 |
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Amended
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April 02, 2024 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1963
| Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman (Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula and Zbur) |
January 29, 2024 |
An act to add Article 5 (commencing with Section 14085) to Chapter 3 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to pesticides.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1963, Friedman.
Pesticides: paraquat dichloride.
Existing law regulates the use of pesticides and authorizes the Director of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations to govern the possession, sale, or use of specified pesticides, as prescribed. Existing law requires the director to endeavor to eliminate from use in the state any pesticide that, among other things, endangers the agricultural or nonagriculutral environment. Existing law requires the director to develop an orderly program for the continuous evaluation of all pesticides actually registered. Existing law authorizes the director, after a hearing, to cancel the registration of any pesticide that, among other things, is detrimental to vegetation, except weeds, to domestic animals, or to the public health and safety when properly used.
This bill would require the Department of Pesticide Regulation, on or before January 1, 2029, to
complete a reevaluation of paraquat dichloride, as provided, and make the determination to retain, cancel, or suspend its registration or to place new appropriate restrictions on the use of pesticide products containing the active ingredient paraquat dichloride.
