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Bill	Food safety: baby food.	Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, provides for the regulation of various subjects relating to the manufacturing, processing, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, and cosmetics, under the administration and enforcement of the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 899	California AB 899 (20232024)	bill	Food safety baby food	enacted	Muratsuchi	9	31	10	2023-02-14	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/ee6c48fb-0c5a-4f1e-853c-ca273ea0b516	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB899	0fdaabcf852b69757a48730a8e09678809be84a321010c94440e60fad2c461e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 899 (20232024) — Food safety: baby food.

Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, provides for the regulation of various subjects relating to the manufacturing, processing, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, and cosmetics, under the administration and enforcement of the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/13/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB899 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 899 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 899 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB899 Muratsuchi et al. By Skinner — 34–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — 11–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Muratsuchi — primary (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-03-13 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-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 0. Page 2087.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2023-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 2645.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3407.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 668, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee6c48fb-0c5a-4f1e-853c-ca273ea0b516. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).