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California 20252026

AB 2779

Food labeling: quality dates, safety dates, and sell-by dates.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Foodlabeling, qualitydates,safetydates,andsell-bydates
Introduced / first action
2026-03-05 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law requires, on and after July 1, 2026, a food manufacturer, processor, or retailer responsible for the labeling of food items for human consumption that chooses, or is otherwise required by law, to display a date label to communicate a quality or safety date on a food item manufactured on or after July 1, 2026, to use specified uniform terms on the date label, as provided. Existing law prohibits a person from selling or offering for sale in the state a food item for human consumption manufactured on or after July 1, 2026, that displays a quality or safety date label that is not labeled in accordance with that requirement or that is labeled with the phrase "sell by," as specified. This bill would provide that a food item for human consumption does not include a dietary supplement, as defined. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

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

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  2. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  5. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. From Consent Calendar.

  7. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5190.)

  8. Motion to reconsider made by Senator Ashby.

  9. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5189.).

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  10. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  11. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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  14. Referred to Com. on AGRI.

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

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  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 4968.)

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  17. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  18. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29).

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  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. Referred to Com. on AGRI.

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  21. From printer. May be heard in committee April 5.

  22. Read first time. To print.

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