AB 2755 California Assembly · 2015-2016 Regular Session

Agriculture: bees: civil remedies.

Summary

Existing law, the Apiary Protection Act, generally regulates bee management and beekeepers and provides various enforcement and penalty provisions for violating the act. This bill would provide for the damages that are recoverable by a plaintiff in a civil action for the wrongful and willful taking, possessing, harboring, or transporting of a beehive, for the wrongful and willful removal of bees from their beehive, or for the wrongful and willful killing or destroying of bees.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2016

Committee Review

Aug 2016

Assembly Passage

Apr 2016

Senate Passage

Aug 2016

Signed into Law

Aug 2016

Introduced Feb 19, 2016 Signed Aug 17, 2016

Floor votes · Senate Aug 1, 2016 · Assembly Apr 28, 2016

How they voted

34–0

Passed

Total votes 34

Aug 1, 2016

D Democratic24

24 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

10 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Aug 17, 2016

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Aug 2, 2016

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

lower

Aug 1, 2016

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (34-0)

senate

Jun 15, 2016

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 14).

upper

May 5, 2016

Committee

Referred to Com. on JUD.

upper

Apr 28, 2016

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (71-0-4)

assembly

Apr 26, 2016

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 26).

lower

Apr 12, 2016

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

lower

Mar 31, 2016

Committee

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

lower

Mar 29, 2016

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

lower

Mar 10, 2016

Committee

Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD.

lower

Feb 21, 2016

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

lower

Feb 19, 2016

Introduced

Introduced. To print.

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors