Food and prescription access: grocery and pharmacy closures.
(1) Existing law regulates the employment of workers in grocery establishments, as defined, including requiring an incumbent grocery employer, as defined, where there is a change of control, as defined, to post a public notice of the change in control at the location of the affected grocery establishment within 5 business days following the execution of the transfer document, as specified. Existing law requires the notice to include, among other specified information, the name of the incumbent grocery employer, and to be posted in a conspicuous place at the grocery establishment in a manner where it can be readily viewed by specified persons, including eligible grocery workers.
California SB 1089 (20232024) — Food and prescription access: grocery and pharmacy closures.
(1) Existing law regulates the employment of workers in grocery establishments, as defined, including requiring an incumbent grocery employer, as defined, where there is a change of control, as defined, to post a public notice of the change in control at the location of the affected grocery establishment within 5 business days following the execution of the transfer document, as specified. Existing law requires the notice to include, among other specified information, the name of the incumbent grocery employer, and to be posted in a conspicuous place at the grocery establishment in a manner where it can be readily viewed by specified persons, including eligible grocery workers.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1089 Smallwood-Cuevas et Concurrence — 30–9 (pass) · upper
SB 1089 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Gipson — 57–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Smallwood-Cuevas — primary (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Bradford — coauthor (person)
Bryan — coauthor (person)
Gipson — coauthor (person)
Holden — coauthor (person)
Jackson — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Wilson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
2024-02-21 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2024-03-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-03 Re-referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
2024-04-09 Set for hearing April 23 in JUD. pending receipt.
2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3662.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 3725.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2024-05-06 May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3971.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 4067.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
2024-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 6788.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5648.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 625, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7081c54d-e3e9-42e0-b530-93903de32872. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).