---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sodium nitrite."
description: "Existing law prohibits the sale and distribution of certain consumer products that include chemicals such as phthalates, polybrominated diphenyl ether, and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1210"
citation: "California AB 1210 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sodium nitrite"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baf155c3-8e23-46b2-9101-d404cbbe3b3b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210"
source_hash: "8c7cc4754ece48f6c5b2c0badbe7865c784323a5e768cde451c06606bbecd63d"
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 1210 (20232024) — Sodium nitrite.

Existing law prohibits the sale and distribution of certain consumer products that include chemicals such as phthalates, polybrominated diphenyl ether, and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210&version=20230AB121099INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210&version=20230AB121098AMD)
3. **03/30/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210&version=20230AB121097AMD)
4. **06/23/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210&version=20230AB121096AMD)
5. **07/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210&version=20230AB121095AMD)
6. **09/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210&version=20230AB121094AMD)
7. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210&version=20230AB121092CHP)
8. **AB1210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210)
9. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1210&version=20230AB121093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1210 Kalra By Ashby — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1210 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1210 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** 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`
- **2023-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1812.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** From Consent Calendar.
- **2023-08-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2589.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3297.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 469, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baf155c3-8e23-46b2-9101-d404cbbe3b3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).