republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-20.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food facilities: menu labeling."
description: "Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, requires, on and after January 1, 2011, each food facility in the state that operates under common ownership or control with at least 19 other food facilities with the same name in the state and that offers for sale substantially the same menu items or that meets other specified criteria to disclose calorie content information per standard menu item, as specified. The State Department of Public Health administers and local enforcement agencies enforce this code. Existing law provides that, on and after July 1, 2009, a food facility that violates these provisions is guilty of an infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "California SB 20 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food facilities: menu labeling."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61508595-aeef-4b71-9ade-205352590906"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20"
source_hash: "5379f37b8ae8286e66fb77e487b52753e0e0646cf7a29941e68814c1df071ee8"
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 SB 20 (20112012) — Food facilities: menu labeling.

Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, requires, on and after January 1, 2011, each food facility in the state that operates under common ownership or control with at least 19 other food facilities with the same name in the state and that offers for sale substantially the same menu items or that meets other specified criteria to disclose calorie content information per standard menu item, as specified. The State Department of Public Health administers and local enforcement agencies enforce this code. Existing law provides that, on and after July 1, 2009, a food facility that violates these provisions is guilty of an infraction.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20&version=20110SB2099INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20&version=20110SB2098AMD)
3. **06/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20&version=20110SB2097AMD)
4. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20&version=20110SB2096AMD)
5. **08/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20&version=20110SB2095AMD)
6. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20&version=20110SB2094AMD)
7. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20&version=20110SB2092CHP)
8. **SB20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20)
9. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB20&version=20110SB2093ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB20 Padilla Concurrence — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 20 Padilla Senate Third Reading By LARA — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 20 Padilla Senate Third Reading By LARA Amend By LARA Set #1 — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 885.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 1140.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-31** Read third time and amended. (Page 2709.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2811.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2990.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2404.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 415, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61508595-aeef-4b71-9ade-205352590906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).