---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retail food facilities: internal food temperatures."
description: "Retail food facilities: internal food temperatures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 708"
citation: "California AB 708 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retail food facilities: internal food temperatures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Campbell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29081e6f-9a35-4aaf-b8de-0ac490bc7bc3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB708"
source_hash: "31bebfa241ff8901d18b9f7abc5957e1f3c9b3b53932a39731d6b35f6348cf51"
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 708 (20012002) — Retail food facilities: internal food temperatures.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB708&version=20010AB70899INT)
2. **04/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB708&version=20010AB70898AMD)
3. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB708&version=20010AB70897AMD)
4. **08/23/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB708&version=20010AB70896AMD)
5. **10/01/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB708&version=20010AB70894CHP)
6. **AB708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB708)
7. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB708&version=20010AB70895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 708 Campbell,B Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 708 Campbell,B Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #29 AB708 Bill Campbel — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 369, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3664.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2590.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-23** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-07-18** To inactive file on motion of Senator Haynes.
- **2001-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1514.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29081e6f-9a35-4aaf-b8de-0ac490bc7bc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).