California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2143: Invasive species: noxious weeds: online marketplaces.
Status: Chaptered, September 18, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 6351) to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to invasive species. invasive species Invasive species: noxious weeds: online marketplaces. Existing law designates the Department of Food and Agriculture as the lead department in noxious weed management and requires the department, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to implement provisions relating to noxious weed management…
From the chaptered text, September 18, 2026:
An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 6351) to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to invasive species. invasive species Invasive species: noxious weeds: online marketplaces. Existing law designates the Department of Food and Agriculture as the lead department in noxious weed management and requires the department, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to implement provisions relating to noxious weed management. Existing law prohibits a person from selling, distributing, or transporting into, or within, a weed-free area any seed of a noxious weed that the secretary has declared the area to be practically free from. This bill would prohibit an online marketplace, as defined, from facilitating the sale or shipment of a noxious weed for delivery to an address located in the state. The bill would authorize the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, if the secretary or a county agricultural commissioner identifies a shipment of a noxious weed and the secretary determines that the shipment originated from or occurred through a transaction conducted through an online marketplace in violation of this prohibition, to provide written notice, including specified information, to the online marketplace that it may be subject to an administrative penalty for violating this prohibition. The bill would authorize the secretary to levy a …
Sponsors
- (D, AD42) · primary sponsor