This Legislative Session, CAPCA Was Focused on Two Bills of Interest
- AB 2086, which sought to restore implied privacy for license holders to keep their home/non-business addresses private for the purpose of DPR renewal.
- AB 2380, which sought to raise your county registration fees.
AB 2086 was graciously authored by outgoing Assemblymember Ellis and sponsored by CAPCA. We appreciate the steps taken throughout the legislative process to hear PCAs concerns around privacy and for Governor Newsom to prioritize signing the bill into law earlier this month. We look forward to seeing next steps as DPR takes action early in 2027 to provide license holders an alternate address process to ensure your preferred address for licensing information can remain protected from public access.
AB 2380 was introduced by County Ag Commissioners because California law limits what counties may charge pest control advisers (PCAs) and pest control aerial applicators for registration. For many years, those limits have been set at $10 for your home county and $5 for each additional county, while the costs of the inspection and enforcement activities supported by registration fees have increased. To address this funding gap, the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA) sponsored AB 2380 to revise the existing limits.
As introduced, AB 2380 would have removed the fixed state caps on PCA and pilot registration fees entirely. For licensees working across county lines, the proposal could have resulted in less predictable annual costs without a fixed statewide ceiling.
CAPCA intervened and negotiated a more reasonable approach that established:
- Fixed statutory fee caps
- A low maximum rate for each additional county
- Increases phased in from 2027 through 2029
- An ongoing commitment to develop a unified online registration system
CAPCA Secured a Predictable, Tiered Structure
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