California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 954 — Food labeling: quality and safety dates.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 787, Statutes of 2017.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · 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.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides that all food labeling regulations and any amendments to those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall be the food labeling regulations of this state, and authorizes the State Department of Public Health to adopt additional food labeling regulations. This bill would require the Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, on or before July 1, 2018, to publish information to encourage food manufacturers, processors, and retailers responsible for the labeling of food products to voluntarily use uniform terms on food product labels to communicate quality dates and safety dates, and would require the department to promote the consistent use of those terms. The bill would also require the department to encourage food distributors and retailers to develop alternatives to consumer-facing "sell by" dates. The bill would establish the Consumer Education Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund for the deposit of nonstate funds from public and private sources. The bill would continuously appropriate the funds in the account to the department to educate consumers about the meaning of quality dates and safety dates.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 787, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3296.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 2699.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1).

  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  14. Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and HEALTH.

  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1831.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26).

  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  25. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  26. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

  27. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  28. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  29. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chiu · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Chiu

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 954 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 79000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gray — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Daly — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Chu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB954 Chiu By Dodd

Passed 33 Yea · 6 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28601
Democratic 5000
Total 33601
% of votes cast 83%15%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
De León — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 954 CHIU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 54003
Democratic 16000
Republican 6001
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chau — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety health-insurance agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 954 do?
Existing law provides that all food labeling regulations and any amendments to those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall be the food labeling regulations of this state, and authorizes the State Department of Public Health to adopt additional food labeling regulations. This bill would require the Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, on or before July 1, 2018, to publish information to encourage food manufacturers, processors, and retailers responsible for the labeling of food products to voluntarily use uniform terms on food product labels to communicate quality dates and safety dates, and would require the department to promote the consistent use of those terms. The bill would also require the department to encourage food distributors and retailers to develop alternatives to consumer-facing "sell by" dates. The bill would establish the Consumer Education Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund for the deposit of nonstate funds from public and private sources. The bill would continuously appropriate the funds in the account to the department to educate consumers about the meaning of quality dates and safety dates.
Who sponsors AB 954?
AB 954 is sponsored by Chiu.
What is the current status of AB 954?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.
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