LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS

Legislation

• The Declaration of Added Sugars on Honey, Maple Syrup, and Certain Cranberry Products: Draft Guidance for Industry; Extension of Comment Period

• AB-2062 State highways: landscaping. (2017-2018) February 7, 2018

An act to amend Section 92.3 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.
Introduced by Assembly Member Maienschein (Coauthors: Assembly Members Acosta, Friedman, Gallagher, and Lackey)
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2062

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION RE: KEEPING BEES IN CALIFORNIA:

• CDFA Laws Pertaining to Bee Management & Honey Production

Apiary Protection Act:

If you want more information about the Apiary Protection Act, on the internet, go to Division 13 Bee Management and Honey Production (Sections 29000-29736) of the California Food and Agricultural Code.  

California Department of Food and Agriculture

1220 N. Street, Room A-370
Sacramento, CA 95814
Title: Associate Agricultural Biologist
Name: Nick Condos
Phone: 916-653-1440
Fax: 916-654 0986
E-mail: ncondos@cdfa.ca.gov

California Legislation regarding Africanized Honey Bees:

7/31/2017  California Legislative Information re Africanized Honey Bees Assembly Bill 861 (Dahle) Africanized Honey Bees.  This bill would provide that a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish procedures for the abatement of a hive or comparable apparatus where Africanized or overly defensive honey bees are present. http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB861