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---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Retail Food Code: microenterprise home kitchen operations."
description: "Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities for regulation by the State Department of Public Health, and requires local enforcement agencies to enforce these provisions. Existing law defines \"food facility\" as an operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for human consumption at the retail level, as specified. Existing law exempts, among others, a private home, including a registered or permitted cottage food operation, from the definition of food facility. A violation of the California Retail Food Code is generally a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 626"
citation: "California AB 626 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Retail Food Code: microenterprise home kitchen operations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07d56210-10ad-4555-9d32-4e0683e93d6d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626"
source_hash: "921f89aaa0ea8becf36fe49ab7b6d2e7860472ac17053b8a5ff3f8e6388ea794"
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 626 (20172018) — California Retail Food Code: microenterprise home kitchen operations.
Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities for regulation by the State Department of Public Health, and requires local enforcement agencies to enforce these provisions. Existing law defines "food facility" as an operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for human consumption at the retail level, as specified. Existing law exempts, among others, a private home, including a registered or permitted cottage food operation, from the definition of food facility. A violation of the California Retail Food Code is generally a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62699INT)
2. **01/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62695AMD)
3. **03/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62698AMD)
4. **04/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62694AMD)
5. **04/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62697AMD)
6. **05/02/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62696AMD)
7. **05/09/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62693AMD)
8. **06/13/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62692AMD)
9. **06/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62691AMD)
10. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62690AMD)
11. **08/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62689AMD)
12. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62688AMD)
13. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62686CHP)
14. **AB626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626)
15. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626&version=20170AB62687ENR)
## Votes
- AB 626 GARCIA, E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 626 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB626 Eduardo Garcia et al. By Lara — **36–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
- Arambula — author (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2017-05-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-01-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 1. Page 3863.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **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 36. Noes 0. Page 5908.). `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 77. Noes 0. Page 6900.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 470, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07d56210-10ad-4555-9d32-4e0683e93d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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