Corn masa flour and wet corn masa products: folic acid fortification.
Existing federal law, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations adopted pursuant to that act, authorizes folic acid to be used in food as a nutrient in accordance with specified prescribed conditions, including that folic acid may be added to corn masa flour at a level not to exceed 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour. Existing federal law also requires any state requirement for nutrition labeling of food to conform with federal law, and requires the declaration of folic acid to be included when added as a nutrient supplement, as specified.
California AB 1830 (20232024) — Corn masa flour and wet corn masa products: folic acid fortification.
Existing federal law, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations adopted pursuant to that act, authorizes folic acid to be used in food as a nutrient in accordance with specified prescribed conditions, including that folic acid may be added to corn masa flour at a level not to exceed 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour. Existing federal law also requires any state requirement for nutrition labeling of food to conform with federal law, and requires the declaration of folic acid to be included when added as a nutrient supplement, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1830 Arambula et al. By Limón — 33–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1830 Arambula Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1830 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Arambula — primary (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-01-13 From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
2024-01-29 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-03-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-03-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-04-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-05-08 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-05-21 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-05-23 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-05-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2024-06-17 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5273.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-21 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6564.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 912, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1ca8100-fca6-4ebc-b53a-1e89d7cb3788. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).