Bill Text: CA SB1308 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public educational institutions: purchase of nondomestic agricultural food products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-06-28 - June 29 hearing postponed by committee. [SB1308 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB1308-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 14, 2022 |
Introduced by Senator Caballero |
February 18, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 58595 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:58595.
(a) All California state-owned or state-run institutions, except public universities and colleges and school districts, that solicit bids for the purchase of an agricultural product shall accept a bid or price for that agricultural product when it is grown in California before accepting a bid or price for an agricultural product that is grown outside the state, when both of the following are met:SECTION 1.SEC. 3.
Section 58596 is added to the Food and Agricultural Code, immediately following Section 58595, to read:58596.
(a) The California Community Colleges, the California State University, and all local educational agencies as defined in Section 49557.5 of the Education Code that solicit bids for the purchase of an agricultural food product shall not, and the University of California is requested to not, purchase agricultural food products grown, packed, or processed nondomestically, unless either of the following applies: For