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SB 402 — Breastfeeding.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 666, Statutes of 2013.
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed Assembly
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2013. Enacted.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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4 sponsors
1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 8 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2014, requires all general acute care hospitals and special hospitals that have a perinatal unit, as defined, to have an infant-feeding policy. This bill would require all general acute care hospitals and special hospitals that have a perinatal unit to adopt, by January 1, 2025, the "Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding," as adopted by Baby-Friendly USA, per the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, or an alternate process adopted by a health care service plan that includes evidenced-based policies and practices and targeted outcomes, or the Model Hospital Policy Recommendations as defined.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 10/09/13 - Chaptered Current pdf October 09, 2013
- Enrolled 09/03/13 - Enrolled pdf September 03, 2013
- Amended 06/18/13 - Amended Assembly pdf June 18, 2013
- Amended 05/28/13 - Amended Senate pdf May 28, 2013
- Introduced 02/20/13 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2013
- SB402 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 666, Statutes of 2013.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2037.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 6. Page 2704.) Ordered to the Senate.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (July 3).
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1165.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1013.) (May 23).
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Set for hearing May 23.
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Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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Set for hearing April 15.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 421.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Set for hearing April 3.
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Sponsors
- Ammiano · Cosponsor
- De León · Primary
- Fox · Cosponsor
- Pavley · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- De León
Co-sponsors (3)
- Ammiano
- Fox
- Pavley
Not signed on (118)
118 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 118 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Vidak | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Not Voting |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 65 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 70 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 8% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (78)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Gorell | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Not Voting |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Nay |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Not Voting |
| Chávez | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Nay |
| Olsen | — | Nay |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Fox | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Nay |
| Lorena Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Nay |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 12% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (17)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bigelow | — | Nay |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Nay |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (19)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Not Voting |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 29% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Nay |
| Beth Gaines | — | Nay |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| De León | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 78% | 22% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Nay |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 402 do?
- Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2014, requires all general acute care hospitals and special hospitals that have a perinatal unit, as defined, to have an infant-feeding policy. This bill would require all general acute care hospitals and special hospitals that have a perinatal unit to adopt, by January 1, 2025, the "Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding," as adopted by Baby-Friendly USA, per the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, or an alternate process adopted by a health care service plan that includes evidenced-based policies and practices and targeted outcomes, or the Model Hospital Policy Recommendations as defined.
- Who sponsors SB 402?
- SB 402 is sponsored by Ammiano, De León, Fox, and Pavley.
- What is the current status of SB 402?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2013. Enacted.
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