New California Laws 2026
2025 Assembly Agriculture Laws AB 258, Connolly. Fairs: allocation of revenues: gross receipts for sales and use tax. This bill increas- es, from 0.75% to 2%, the amount of segregated gross receipts from fair sales that the Governor must pro- pose to distribute to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for allocation to fairs in the annual Governor’s Proposed Budget. An act to amend Section 3203 of the Food and Ag- ricultural Code, relating to fairs. AB 411, Papan. Livestock carcasses: disposal: com- posting. Establishes the Caring About the Terrain, Livestock, and Ecosystems (CATTLE) Act, which permits livestock carcasses resulting from a routine livestock mortality event or on-farm processing to be composted under specified circumstances. An act to add Section 19348.2 to the Food and Ag- ricultural Code, relating to livestock. AB 482, Solache. California Table Grape Commis- sion. This bill would update and revise many pro- visions in the California Table Grape Commission (CTGC) by, changing the membership of CTGC from 21 to 18 grape producers and a public member. Require the CTGC to annually compile and maintain a list of eligible producers who are qualified to vote in an election, expand the activities, powers, and duties of the commission to also include accepting and matching contributions of funds and making contributions of commission funds to other persons or agencies, and administering any program related to the table grape industry. Increases the maximum amount of the assessment to $0.02 per pound, and would make numerous changes that technical, con- forming and/or outdated. An act to amend Sections 65500, 65524, 65527, 65528, 65532, 65533, 65550, 65552, 65553, 65555, 65556, 65559.5, 65562, 65563, 65566, 65569, 65570, 65572, 65573, 65574, 65575, 65575.2, 65600, 65601, 65603, 65650.5, 65661, 65662, 65663, 65673, and 65675 of, to add Sections 65530 and 65651.5 to, to repeal Sections 65554, 65558, 65560, 65561, 65565, and 65670 of, and to repeal and add Sections 65559, 65575.1, 65652, and 65660 of, the Food and Agri- cultural Code, relating to food and agriculture, and making an appropriation therefor. AB 525, Lackey. Basic Inspection of Terminals program: agricultural vehicles. This bill extends the exclusion of agricultural vehicles from being subject to the Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2031. An act to amend Sections 34500.6 and 34501.12 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. AB 732, Macedo. Agriculture: neglected or aban- doned crops: public nuisances: pests. This bill would define pest as an infectious, transmissible, or conta- gious disease of a plant, or a disorder of a plant that manifests symptoms or behaviors characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state and would au- thorize a county agricultural commissioner (CAC) to levy a civil penalty against a person who maintains a public nuisance.
An act to add and repeal Article 5 (commencing with Section 5646) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to ag- riculture. AB 845, Arambula. Employment: complaints: agricultural employees. Requires, upon intake of a complaint from an agricultural employee by any en- tity within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), the appropriate entities to collab- orate with each other and take all reasonable efforts to transmit the complaint to the appropriate entity for processing and investigation. Specifies that the bill is contingent upon appropriation from the Legislature. An act to add Section 57.2 to the Labor Code, relat- ing to employment. AB 947, Connolly. Agriculture: Cannella Environ- mental Farming Act of 1995. This bill (1) requires the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to oversee a sustainable agriculture pro- gram to provide research, technical assistance, and incentive grants to promote agricultural practices that support climate resilience for farms and ranches and the well-being of ecosystems, air quality, and bio- diversity. This bill (2) renames the Scientific Adviso- ry Panel on Environmental Farming to the Scientific Advisory Panel on Resilient and Sustainable Agri- culture (Panel) for the purpose of providing advice to the secretary on the implementation of research, incentive, and technical assistance grant programs for sustainable agriculture. This bill (3) expands the panel from nine members to eleven members to add members of the public that represent scientific expertise in sustainable agriculture and members of state agencies that represent expertise in programs and policies related to agriculture. An act to amend Sections 564, 566, 568, 569, and 570 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to agriculture, and making an appropriation therefor. AB 1142, Hoover. Horses: horse shows, compe- titions, and sales. This bill increases specified fee thresholds, for an entry fee to a public equine event, by the California Department of Food and Agricul- ture (CDFA) from $4.99 to $15.00 and from $19.99 to $60.00 if other fees are involved and specifies the secretary may, in consultation with the Equine Medication Monitoring Program (EMMP) Advisory Committee, increase these amounts. An act to amend Section 24001 of the Food and Ag- ricultural Code, relating to horses. AB 1322, Committee on Agriculture. Agricultural commissions and reports. This bill makes various changes to the California Grape Rootstock Improve- ment Commission (CGRIC), the California Avocado Commission, the California Apple Commission, the Olive Oil Commission of California (OOCC), and Grape Crunch annual report dates. An act to amend Sections 6047.10, 6761, 55601.5, 55601.6, 67052, 67052.5, 67054, 67057, 67059.5, 67062, 67082, 67091, 67101, 67133, 75601, 79818, and 79821 of, and to add Sections 67026 and 79824 to, the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to agriculture. AB 1362, Kalra. Foreign labor contractor registra- tion: agricultural workers. Applies, on and after July
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