republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-836.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vending machines: bulk food."
description: "The California Retail Food Code establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for, and provides for regulation by the State Department of Public Health of, retail food facilities and various types of food. The code establishes requirements for vending machines, including prohibiting those machines from dispensing bulk potentially hazardous food. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a variance to allow the use of an alternative practice or procedure for specified purposes, including for cooking and reheating temperatures for potentially hazardous food. A violation of these provisions is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 836"
citation: "California AB 836 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vending machines: bulk food."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36061dbc-7e46-4745-9aef-82fad2b82859"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836"
source_hash: "d119914eea1cae644fca96c2c09a43ab4fbf27570bf14117399d427ef704cffe"
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 836 (20172018) — Vending machines: bulk food.

The California Retail Food Code establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for, and provides for regulation by the State Department of Public Health of, retail food facilities and various types of food. The code establishes requirements for vending machines, including prohibiting those machines from dispensing bulk potentially hazardous food. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a variance to allow the use of an alternative practice or procedure for specified purposes, including for cooking and reheating temperatures for potentially hazardous food. A violation of these provisions is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836&version=20170AB83699INT)
2. **03/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836&version=20170AB83698AMD)
3. **04/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836&version=20170AB83697AMD)
4. **04/25/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836&version=20170AB83696AMD)
5. **06/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836&version=20170AB83695AMD)
6. **07/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836&version=20170AB83694AMD)
7. **09/23/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836&version=20170AB83692CHP)
8. **AB836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836)
9. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB836&version=20170AB83693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB836 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 836 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 836 CHIU Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **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`
- **2017-04-05** 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`
- **2017-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1489.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** 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`
- **2017-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-07-03** 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`
- **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2229.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2910.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 259, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36061dbc-7e46-4745-9aef-82fad2b82859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).