--- type: "Bill" title: "Microenterprise home kitchen operations." description: "(1) The California Retail Food Code (code) authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county, by ordinance or resolution, to permit microenterprise home kitchen operations if certain conditions are met. The code requires a microenterprise home kitchen operation, as a restricted food service facility, to meet specified food safety standards. A violation of the code is generally a misdemeanor." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "AB 377" citation: "California AB 377 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Microenterprise home kitchen operations."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"] version_count: 8 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2019-02-05" last_action: "2019-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb3f7809-af9e-4525-8b71-212b83551c92" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377" source_hash: "58f5626fa76893d0e4b35a67949960a3ff9fa38383a3ec0b56819fdd369a2915" 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 377 (20192020) — Microenterprise home kitchen operations. (1) The California Retail Food Code (code) authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county, by ordinance or resolution, to permit microenterprise home kitchen operations if certain conditions are met. The code requires a microenterprise home kitchen operation, as a restricted food service facility, to meet specified food safety standards. A violation of the code is generally a misdemeanor. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/05/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377&version=20190AB37799INT) 2. **03/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377&version=20190AB37798AMD) 3. **03/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377&version=20190AB37797AMD) 4. **05/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377&version=20190AB37796AMD) 5. **08/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377&version=20190AB37795AMD) 6. **10/07/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377&version=20190AB37793CHP) 7. **AB377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377) 8. **09/10/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377&version=20190AB37794ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–1** (pass) · lower - AB 377 Eduardo Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–3** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB377 Eduardo Garcia By Hurtado Urgency Clause — **30–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - AB 377 Eduardo Garcia Third Reading Urgency — **74–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Eduardo Garcia — primary (person) - Mayes — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2019-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8. - **2019-02-15** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2019-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2019-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2019-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-24** Coauthors revised. - **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1469.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2019-05-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction` - **2019-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2019-08-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction` - **2019-08-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2019-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2571.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2019-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 3152.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2019-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb3f7809-af9e-4525-8b71-212b83551c92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).