CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 732Introduced by Assembly Member MacedoFebruary 18, 2025 An act to amend Section 5006 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to pests. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 732, as introduced, Macedo. Pests.Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture, which is under the control of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, and, among other things, requires the department to protect the agricultural industries of this state from pests. Existing law defines pest for purposes of these provisions.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the definition of pest.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5006 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:5006. Pest means any of the following things that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state:(a) Any An infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any a plant, or any a disorder of any a plant which that manifests symptoms or behavior which that the director, secretary, after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease.(b) Any A form of animal life.(c) Any A form of vegetable life.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 732Introduced by Assembly Member MacedoFebruary 18, 2025 An act to amend Section 5006 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to pests. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 732, as introduced, Macedo. Pests.Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture, which is under the control of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, and, among other things, requires the department to protect the agricultural industries of this state from pests. Existing law defines pest for purposes of these provisions.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the definition of pest.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 732
Introduced by Assembly Member MacedoFebruary 18, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Macedo
February 18, 2025
An act to amend Section 5006 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to pests.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 732, as introduced, Macedo. Pests.
Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture, which is under the control of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, and, among other things, requires the department to protect the agricultural industries of this state from pests. Existing law defines pest for purposes of these provisions.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the definition of pest.
Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture, which is under the control of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, and, among other things, requires the department to protect the agricultural industries of this state from pests. Existing law defines pest for purposes of these provisions.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the definition of pest.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5006 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:5006. Pest means any of the following things that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state:(a) Any An infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any a plant, or any a disorder of any a plant which that manifests symptoms or behavior which that the director, secretary, after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease.(b) Any A form of animal life.(c) Any A form of vegetable life.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5006 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:5006. Pest means any of the following things that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state:(a) Any An infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any a plant, or any a disorder of any a plant which that manifests symptoms or behavior which that the director, secretary, after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease.(b) Any A form of animal life.(c) Any A form of vegetable life.
SECTION 1. Section 5006 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
5006. Pest means any of the following things that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state:(a) Any An infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any a plant, or any a disorder of any a plant which that manifests symptoms or behavior which that the director, secretary, after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease.(b) Any A form of animal life.(c) Any A form of vegetable life.
5006. Pest means any of the following things that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state:(a) Any An infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any a plant, or any a disorder of any a plant which that manifests symptoms or behavior which that the director, secretary, after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease.(b) Any A form of animal life.(c) Any A form of vegetable life.
5006. Pest means any of the following things that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state:(a) Any An infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any a plant, or any a disorder of any a plant which that manifests symptoms or behavior which that the director, secretary, after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease.(b) Any A form of animal life.(c) Any A form of vegetable life.
5006. Pest means any of the following things that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state:
(a) Any An infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any a plant, or any a disorder of any a plant which that manifests symptoms or behavior which that the director, secretary, after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease.
(b) Any A form of animal life.
(c) Any A form of vegetable life.