(1) Existing law, the California Retail Food Code (the code) , establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for, and provides for regulation by the State Department of Public Health of, retail food facilities and requires local health agencies to enforce these provisions. Existing law, for purposes of the code, defines a "cottage food operation" as an enterprise that has no more than a specified amount in gross annual sales, is operated by a cottage food operator, and has no more than 1 full-time employee within the registered or permitted area of a private home where the food products are prepared and packaged. Existing law provides for the regulation of microenterprise home kitchen operations and limits those operations to not serving more than 30 individual meals per day and not more than 60 individual meals per week and to no more than $50,000 in verifiable gross annual sales, as adjusted for inflation. Existing law authorizes the local enforcement agency to decrease the limit on the number of individual meals prepared based on the food preparation capacity of the operation.
California SB 972 (20212022) — California Retail Food Code.
(1) Existing law, the California Retail Food Code (the code) , establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for, and provides for regulation by the State Department of Public Health of, retail food facilities and requires local health agencies to enforce these provisions. Existing law, for purposes of the code, defines a "cottage food operation" as an enterprise that has no more than a specified amount in gross annual sales, is operated by a cottage food operator, and has no more than 1 full-time employee within the registered or permitted area of a private home where the food products are prepared and packaged. Existing law provides for the regulation of microenterprise home kitchen operations and limits those operations to not serving more than 30 individual meals per day and not more than 60 individual meals per week and to no more than $50,000 in verifiable gross annual sales, as adjusted for inflation. Existing law authorizes the local enforcement agency to decrease the limit on the number of individual meals prepared based on the food preparation capacity of the operation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
SB 972 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Carrillo — 63–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB972 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence — 35–3 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gonzalez — primary (person)
Carrillo — principal coauthor (person)
Durazo — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-10 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-11 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 20.
2022-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 3461.) (April 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-09 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-23 Ordered to second reading.
2022-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 3978.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 6184.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 5308.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 489, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93bd05fe-1395-4c56-955b-7d0d11be66f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).