California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 303 — Food safety: food handlers.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 233, Statutes of 2011.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2011. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The California Retail Food Code provides for the regulation of health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Local health agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing this law. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This law generally requires food facilities, except temporary food facilities, to have an owner or employee who has successfully passed an approved and accredited food safety certification examination from an accredited food protection manager certification organization, except as specified. Existing law generally defines a food facility to mean an operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for human consumption at the retail level. Existing law also requires, with specified exceptions, a food handler, as defined, who is hired prior to June 1, 2011, to obtain a food handler card from a food protection manager certification organization, as described. A food handler hired after June 1, 2011, is required to obtain a food handler card within 30 days of his or her date of hire. A food handler must maintain a valid food handler card for the duration of his or her employment as a food handler. This bill would, for purposes of the above-described food handler requirements, define a food facility to mean a food facility that sells food for human consumption to the general public, with certain exceptions. The bill would, instead, until January 1, 2012, require a food handler to obtain a food handler card from either a food protection manager certification organization or a specified training provider, and would require, commencing January 1, 2012, the card to be obtained only from a specified training provider. By changing the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 233, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2001.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2454.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  8. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13).

  9. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 13).

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  13. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  15. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 654.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  16. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  17. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  18. Set for hearing April 11.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.

  20. Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.

  21. From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 452.) (March 23).

  22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  23. Set for hearing March 23.

  24. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  25. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.

  26. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB303 Padilla Urgency Clause Concurrence

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Republican 0001
Democratic 1001
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Harman — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

SB 303 Padilla Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 71006
Democratic 1000
Total 74006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Halderman — Yea
Carter — Yea
Fong — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Allen — Yea
Butler — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Davis — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Logue — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Silva — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Campos — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Cedillo — Not Voting
Chesbro — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Bonilla — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Hill — Not Voting
Huber — Yea
Knight — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Monning — Yea
Norby — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torres — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Eng — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Democratic 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Mitchell — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Campos — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Lara — Yea
Norby — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19000
Total 19000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Garrick — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Logue — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Williams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Silva — Yea
Eng — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea

Official roll call →

Consent Calendar 2nd

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33004
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 36004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wright — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Leno — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Huff — Yea
Liu — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Walters — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 4004
Total 5004
% of votes cast 56%0%0%44%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
De León — Not Voting
Rubio — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 303 do?
The California Retail Food Code provides for the regulation of health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Local health agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing this law. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This law generally requires food facilities, except temporary food facilities, to have an owner or employee who has successfully passed an approved and accredited food safety certification examination from an accredited food protection manager certification organization, except as specified. Existing law generally defines a food facility to mean an operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for human consumption at the retail level. Existing law also requires, with specified exceptions, a food handler, as defined, who is hired prior to June 1, 2011, to obtain a food handler card from a food protection manager certification organization, as described. A food handler hired after June 1, 2011, is required to obtain a food handler card within 30 days of his or her date of hire. A food handler must maintain a valid food handler card for the duration of his or her employment as a food handler. This bill would, for purposes of the above-described food handler requirements, define a food facility to mean a food facility that sells food for human consumption to the general public, with certain exceptions. The bill would, instead, until January 1, 2012, require a food handler to obtain a food handler card from either a food protection manager certification organization or a specified training provider, and would require, commencing January 1, 2012, the card to be obtained only from a specified training provider. By changing the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 303?
SB 303 is sponsored by Padilla, Stephen C. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 303?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2011. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 303?
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