--- type: "Bill" title: "Human milk." description: "Existing law licenses and regulates tissue banks and generally makes a violation of the requirements applicable to tissue banks a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 3059" citation: "California AB 3059 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Human milk"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Weber"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2024-02-16" last_action: "2024-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1852bce3-15ef-4924-aa26-beaa5d6e204b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3059" source_hash: "65a0bd9af2b901c5379884742e0aeb7c5264e1da3a77832d71ba666c9e62ac9e" 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 3059 (20232024) — Human milk. Existing law licenses and regulates tissue banks and generally makes a violation of the requirements applicable to tissue banks a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3059&version=20230AB305999INT) 2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3059&version=20230AB305998AMD) 3. **06/17/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3059&version=20230AB305997AMD) 4. **08/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3059&version=20230AB305996AMD) 5. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3059&version=20230AB305994CHP) 6. **AB3059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3059) 7. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3059&version=20230AB305995ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper - AB 3059 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB3059 Weber et al. By Limón — **37–0** (pass) · upper - AB 3059 Weber Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Weber — primary (person) - Boerner — coauthor (person) - Bonta — coauthor (person) - Limón — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. - **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-24** Coauthors revised. - **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5525.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. - **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 975, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1852bce3-15ef-4924-aa26-beaa5d6e204b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).