---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food facilities: trans fats."
description: "Food facilities: trans fats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 97"
citation: "California AB 97 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food facilities: trans fats."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2006-12-21"
last_action: "2008-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e39f6ab0-94e5-45b2-9879-4880accabae2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97"
source_hash: "e22c14c9602063d19f01a90d7edd9c04766e3646ac50479e50b436ae4453989a"
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 97 (20072008) — Food facilities: trans fats.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/21/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9799INT)
2. **03/13/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9798AMD)
3. **04/24/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9793AMD)
4. **05/08/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9792AMD)
5. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9797AMD)
6. **06/05/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9796AMD)
7. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9795AMD)
8. **07/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9790CHP)
9. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9794AMD)
10. **AB97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97)
11. **07/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB97&version=20070AB9791ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB97 Mendoza By Romero — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB97 Mendoza By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 97 MENDOZA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 97 MENDOZA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB97 Mendoza Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2006-12-22** From printer. May be heard in committee January 21.
- **2007-01-03** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (March 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-13** (Corrected March 14.)
- **2007-03-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1897.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 2084.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-31** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-12** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 18. Noes 22. Page 2648.) `reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-12** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Romero.
- **2007-09-12** Reconsideration granted. (Page 2649.)
- **2008-01-08** To inactive file on motion of Senator Romero.
- **2008-04-24** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-04-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-28** (Corrected April 25.)
- **2008-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 4603.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 6043.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2008-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e39f6ab0-94e5-45b2-9879-4880accabae2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).