---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical devices: Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in commerce any toy or childcare article that contains, among other things, Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in concentrations exceeding 0.1%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2300"
citation: "California AB 2300 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)", "Medical devices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b1c1b40-ec87-4805-8da5-0dd992fe4e1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300"
source_hash: "b867225149575532c13138a0a065bd792cef875efa352b0353d16f1fef4400ae"
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 2300 (20232024) — Medical devices: Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP).

Existing law prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in commerce any toy or childcare article that contains, among other things, Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in concentrations exceeding 0.1%.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300&version=20230AB230099INT)
2. **03/06/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300&version=20230AB230098AMD)
3. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300&version=20230AB230097AMD)
4. **05/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300&version=20230AB230096AMD)
5. **06/27/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300&version=20230AB230095AMD)
6. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300&version=20230AB230093CHP)
7. **AB2300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300)
8. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2300&version=20230AB230094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2300 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2300 Wilson et al. By Min — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2300 Wilson Assembly Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **55–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2300 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — **58–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** 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`
- **2024-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** 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`
- **2024-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 55. Noes 11. Page 5292.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5352.)
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 5553.) `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 Coms. on HEALTH and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, 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/9b1c1b40-ec87-4805-8da5-0dd992fe4e1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).