---
type: "Bill"
title: "State property: vending machines."
description: "Existing law regulates various aspects of the provision of food and beverages in vending machines, including requiring a vendor that operates or maintains a vending machine on designated state property, until a specified date, to offer food and beverages in the vending machine that meet accepted nutritional guidelines, as defined, in accordance with certain percentages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 912"
citation: "California SB 912 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State property: vending machines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-01-23"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3f66222-0bee-499c-8031-d1cd98c7e8dd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB912"
source_hash: "1075213e594d751d437b4e56af97509bd9d81d51520ba7717ede6970199048c8"
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 SB 912 (20132014) — State property: vending machines.

Existing law regulates various aspects of the provision of food and beverages in vending machines, including requiring a vendor that operates or maintains a vending machine on designated state property, until a specified date, to offer food and beverages in the vending machine that meet accepted nutritional guidelines, as defined, in accordance with certain percentages.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB912&version=20130SB91299INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB912&version=20130SB91298AMD)
3. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB912&version=20130SB91296CHP)
4. **SB912** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB912)
5. **08/19/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB912&version=20130SB91297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 912 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **59–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2014-03-25** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-03-26** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3091.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3277.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 3412.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 13. Page 6125.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 571, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3f66222-0bee-499c-8031-d1cd98c7e8dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).