Existing law prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into a contract that grants exclusive or nonexclusive advertising or grants the right to the exclusive or nonexclusive sale of carbonated beverages, nonnutritious beverages, or nonnutritious food within the school district to a person, business, or corporation unless the governing board of the school district has adopted a policy after a public hearing to ensure that the school district has internal controls in place regarding the expenditure of the public funds. Existing law defines "nonnutritious beverages," for purposes of that provision, to exclude, among other beverages, milk, including, but not limited to, chocolate milk, soy milk, rice milk, and other similar dairy or nondairy milk.
California AB 691 (20172018) — Pupil nutrition: almond milk.
Existing law prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into a contract that grants exclusive or nonexclusive advertising or grants the right to the exclusive or nonexclusive sale of carbonated beverages, nonnutritious beverages, or nonnutritious food within the school district to a person, business, or corporation unless the governing board of the school district has adopted a policy after a public hearing to ensure that the school district has internal controls in place regarding the expenditure of the public funds. Existing law defines "nonnutritious beverages," for purposes of that provision, to exclude, among other beverages, milk, including, but not limited to, chocolate milk, soy milk, rice milk, and other similar dairy or nondairy milk.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 691 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB691 Levine By Pan — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 691 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Levine — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1621.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-06-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-06-26 From Consent Calendar.
2017-06-26 Ordered to third reading.
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2325.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2923.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2017-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ce5851b-4b37-4ad6-b948-6c127bf79088. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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