Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop and maintain nutrition guidelines for school lunches and breakfasts, and for all food and beverages sold on public school campuses. Existing law requires those nutrition guidelines to be consistent with the requirements for a nutritionally adequate breakfast and a nutritionally adequate lunch. Existing law defines a nutritionally adequate breakfast and a nutritionally adequate lunch for these purposes to mean those that qualify for reimbursement under the most current meal pattern for the federal School Breakfast Program and the federal National School Lunch Program, respectively.
California AB 2316 (20232024) — Pupil nutrition: substances: prohibition.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop and maintain nutrition guidelines for school lunches and breakfasts, and for all food and beverages sold on public school campuses. Existing law requires those nutrition guidelines to be consistent with the requirements for a nutritionally adequate breakfast and a nutritionally adequate lunch. Existing law defines a nutritionally adequate breakfast and a nutritionally adequate lunch for these purposes to mean those that qualify for reimbursement under the most current meal pattern for the federal School Breakfast Program and the federal National School Lunch Program, respectively.
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 [Health] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
AB 2316 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2316 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2316 Gabriel et al. By Limón — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Gabriel — primary (person)
Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
Valencia — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2024-03-11 Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2024-03-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2024-04-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 3). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-04-08 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 Coauthors revised.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 5404.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2024-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 914, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b0625d9-ab22-4635-a9cf-2312a8f29da9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).