California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

AB 2166 — California Farm Bill: agricultural technology.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture and requires it to promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state. This bill would establish the Agricultural Growth Council, with a prescribed membership of specified state agencies and public members, to plan for regulatory alignments that would aid grower compliance, reduce costs to the agriculture industry, and protect the environment and to make recommendations for regulatory alignments to the proper agency or department. The bill would require the council, if the council determines that it is impossible for a person, and similarly situated persons, to comply with one or more regulations due to conflicting regulatory requirements, to suspend the application of one or more of the conflicting requirements to those persons as necessary to resolve the conflict. The bill would provide for the continued suspension of a requirement or requirements as to those persons until all applicable agencies have resolved the original conflict and provided clear direction on how to achieve compliance with the previously conflicting requirements. The bill would require the department to create a user-friendly navigational link on its Internet Web site that provides farmers and other members of the agricultural industry comprehensive information about regulatory requirements, and guidance, for operating and managing a farm. The bill would require the department to encourage community college districts, California state universities, the University of California, and state and county fairgrounds to establish and maintain smart farms, as described by the bill, on the respective campuses or fairgrounds to provide regional agricultural businesses the opportunity to show up-to-date agricultural technology, as defined by the bill, in real world practice. (2) Existing law provides for a department of agriculture in each county and for the appointment of a county agricultural commissioner. The county agricultural commissioner has specified duties, including making an annual report to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture on the condition of agriculture in his or her county, attending the annual meeting of the California Agricultural Commissioners Association, and consulting with staff members of various federal departments. This bill would require the county agricultural commissioner, in completing the annual report, to also conduct a survey of Internet accessibility on farms and in rural communities in his or her county to identify gaps in Internet accessibility on farms that create hurdles to the adoption of agricultural technology. By creating additional duties on local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the California State University as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires community colleges to create associate degrees for transfer that meet the requirements of approved transfer model curricula, which are developed and vetted through a process known as the Course Identification Numbering System process. Existing law requires the California State University to guarantee, to a student holding a transfer model curriculum-aligned associate degree for transfer, admission to a corresponding program or major and concentration, as specified, of the California State University. This bill would require the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to direct the statewide Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to engage in the Course Identification Numbering System process to explore the feasibility of developing, within established transfer model curricula for agricultural disciplines, a model curriculum in the subdiscipline of Agricultural Business and Technology that focuses on agricultural technology. (4) The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill would allow a credit against those taxes for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2025, in an amount, as specified, for agricultural technology deployed for at least 3 consecutive months during the taxable year. The bill would establish the Agriculture Technology Innovation Institute within the Department of Food and Agriculture, or as a part of another public entity that may otherwise be designated by an interagency agreement between the department and the public entity, to, among other things, administer these credits. (5) Existing law creates the Employment Development Department within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, which is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction regarding job creation activities. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to include in the annual Budget Act an appropriation of moneys to the Labor Market Information Division within the Employment Development Department for the purpose of performing agricultural industry statistical analysis and examining the economic impact and employment effect the agricultural industry has on the state. (6) This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to include in the Budget Act of 2019, or annually in the Budget Act, as provided, appropriations in specified amounts from the General Fund for specified purposes relating to agriculture. (7) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

  5. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  6. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  7. Read second time and amended.

  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24).

  9. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  12. Coauthors revised.

  13. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.

  15. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.

  18. Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and HIGHER ED.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Caballero

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (115)

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Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10000
Democratic 3000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Low — Yea
Baker — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education]

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 5001
Republican 1001
Total 8002
% of votes cast 80%0%0%20%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Not Voting
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Levine — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

labor education technology agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2166 do?
(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture and requires it to promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state. This bill would establish the Agricultural Growth Council, with a prescribed membership of specified state agencies and public members, to plan for regulatory alignments that would aid grower compliance, reduce costs to the agriculture industry, and protect the environment and to make recommendations for regulatory alignments to the proper agency or department. The bill would require the council, if the council determines that it is impossible for a person, and similarly situated persons, to comply with one or more regulations due to conflicting regulatory requirements, to suspend the application of one or more of the conflicting requirements to those persons as necessary to resolve the conflict. The bill would provide for the continued suspension of a requirement or requirements as to those persons until all applicable agencies have resolved the original conflict and provided clear direction on how to achieve compliance with the previously conflicting requirements. The bill would require the department to create a user-friendly navigational link on its Internet Web site that provides farmers and other members of the agricultural industry comprehensive information about regulatory requirements, and guidance, for operating and managing a farm. The bill would require the department to encourage community college districts, California state universities, the University of California, and state and county fairgrounds to establish and maintain smart farms, as described by the bill, on the respective campuses or fairgrounds to provide regional agricultural businesses the opportunity to show up-to-date agricultural technology, as defined by the bill, in real world practice. (2) Existing law provides for a department of agriculture in each county and for the appointment of a county agricultural commissioner. The county agricultural commissioner has specified duties, including making an annual report to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture on the condition of agriculture in his or her county, attending the annual meeting of the California Agricultural Commissioners Association, and consulting with staff members of various federal departments. This bill would require the county agricultural commissioner, in completing the annual report, to also conduct a survey of Internet accessibility on farms and in rural communities in his or her county to identify gaps in Internet accessibility on farms that create hurdles to the adoption of agricultural technology. By creating additional duties on local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the California State University as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires community colleges to create associate degrees for transfer that meet the requirements of approved transfer model curricula, which are developed and vetted through a process known as the Course Identification Numbering System process. Existing law requires the California State University to guarantee, to a student holding a transfer model curriculum-aligned associate degree for transfer, admission to a corresponding program or major and concentration, as specified, of the California State University. This bill would require the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to direct the statewide Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to engage in the Course Identification Numbering System process to explore the feasibility of developing, within established transfer model curricula for agricultural disciplines, a model curriculum in the subdiscipline of Agricultural Business and Technology that focuses on agricultural technology. (4) The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill would allow a credit against those taxes for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2025, in an amount, as specified, for agricultural technology deployed for at least 3 consecutive months during the taxable year. The bill would establish the Agriculture Technology Innovation Institute within the Department of Food and Agriculture, or as a part of another public entity that may otherwise be designated by an interagency agreement between the department and the public entity, to, among other things, administer these credits. (5) Existing law creates the Employment Development Department within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, which is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction regarding job creation activities. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to include in the annual Budget Act an appropriation of moneys to the Labor Market Information Division within the Employment Development Department for the purpose of performing agricultural industry statistical analysis and examining the economic impact and employment effect the agricultural industry has on the state. (6) This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to include in the Budget Act of 2019, or annually in the Budget Act, as provided, appropriations in specified amounts from the General Fund for specified purposes relating to agriculture. (7) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors AB 2166?
AB 2166 is sponsored by Caballero, Gray, Salas, Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Gallagher, James (Republican), Levine, and Garcia, Robert (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2166?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2166?
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