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Bill	Packaging and labeling: containers: slack fill.	Existing law, known as the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, prohibits a commodities container, or a food container subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) from being made, formed, or filled as to be misleading and provides that a container that does not allow a consumer to fully view its contents is misleading if it contains nonfunctional slack fill. Existing law provides that nonfunctional slack fill is the empty space in a package that is filled to substantially less than its capacity for other than specified reasons. Existing law specifies 15 reasons a commodities container, and 6 reasons a food container subject to the FDCA, may contain slack fill without violating the prohibition. Existing law also provides that these state provisions regarding food containers are operative only to the extent they are identical to specified federal requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2632	California AB 2632 (20172018)	bill	Packaging and labeling: containers: slack fill.	enacted	Santiago	6	24	5	2018-02-15	2018-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/708310a6-071d-4216-b3f4-a80c3894abe5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2632	3b2cde318b2e1ac563ae4f069df646056b1c672fc443015bf8d2eac947c06d8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2632 (20172018) — Packaging and labeling: containers: slack fill.

Existing law, known as the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, prohibits a commodities container, or a food container subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) from being made, formed, or filled as to be misleading and provides that a container that does not allow a consumer to fully view its contents is misleading if it contains nonfunctional slack fill. Existing law provides that nonfunctional slack fill is the empty space in a package that is filled to substantially less than its capacity for other than specified reasons. Existing law specifies 15 reasons a commodities container, and 6 reasons a food container subject to the FDCA, may contain slack fill without violating the prohibition. Existing law also provides that these state provisions regarding food containers are operative only to the extent they are identical to specified federal requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/07/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/19/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2632 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2632 SANTIAGO Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2632 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2632 Santiago By Dodd — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-05-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5429.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-08-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5906.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6909.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 544, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/708310a6-071d-4216-b3f4-a80c3894abe5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).