---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food."
description: "Food."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2079"
citation: "California AB 2079 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6978c2e3-407a-4aaf-be6b-48b645bf8211"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2079"
source_hash: "a6be22cf887b0f26a540c03f174dd1e048d37aa848c994c791eecf69c13bfa7a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2079 (20072008) — Food.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2079&version=20070AB207999INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2079&version=20070AB207998AMD)
3. **07/08/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2079&version=20070AB207996CHP)
4. **AB2079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2079)
5. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2079&version=20070AB207997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2079 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #30 AB2079 Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** (Corrected March 24.)
- **2008-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4749.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4459.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 73, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6978c2e3-407a-4aaf-be6b-48b645bf8211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).