Under existing law, the California Retail Food Code, the State Department of Public Health establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities and local health agencies are required to enforce these provisions. A person who violates any provision of the code is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law requires food employees to wash their hands in accordance with specified provisions and prohibits food employees from contacting exposed, ready-to-eat food with their bare hands, except under certain conditions, including when washing fruits and vegetables and when not serving a highly susceptible population, as specified.
California AB 2130 (20132014) — Retail food safety.
Under existing law, the California Retail Food Code, the State Department of Public Health establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities and local health agencies are required to enforce these provisions. A person who violates any provision of the code is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law requires food employees to wash their hands in accordance with specified provisions and prohibits food employees from contacting exposed, ready-to-eat food with their bare hands, except under certain conditions, including when washing fruits and vegetables and when not serving a highly susceptible population, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB2130 Pan By De León Urgency Clause — 32–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2130 PAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Pan — primary (person)
Bloom — coauthor (person)
Gatto — author (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Nazarian — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2014-03-20 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-03-20 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-2, reading-1
2014-03-24 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-03-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-03-28 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4852.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-22 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-05-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-06-26 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4148.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-06-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2014-06-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-06-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4d9255d-91e0-4098-8258-801bef915d82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).