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Committee advances AB 230 to extend Pierce’s disease program to 2037
Summary
AB 230 would extend the Pierce’s Disease Control Program and the Glassy‑winged Sharpshooter Board to 2037; industry groups told the committee the programs remain necessary to prevent outbreaks and are funded by federal, industry, and grower assessment dollars. The committee reported the bill to Appropriations.
The Assembly Agriculture Committee voted to report Assembly Bill 230 to the Appropriations Committee, extending state authority for the Pierce’s Disease Control Program and the Glassy‑winged Sharpshooter Board through 2037.
Assemblywoman Ransom, the bill’s author as identified in the hearing, told the committee the entities were created about 25 years ago to combat Pierce’s disease, which can kill grapevines and is spread by the glassy‑winged sharpshooter.…
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