Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
(1) Existing law, the California Nutrition Monitoring Development Act of 1986, requires the State Department of Public Health to assess the availability and adequacy of existing state and local food and nutrition data systems. The act requires different state departments, including the State Department of Education, to provide to the State Department of Public Health, upon request, nutrition-related data collection forms, documentation, and reports of various programs.
California AB 1264 (20252026) — Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
(1) Existing law, the California Nutrition Monitoring Development Act of 1986, requires the State Department of Public Health to assess the availability and adequacy of existing state and local food and nutrition data systems. The act requires different state departments, including the State Department of Education, to provide to the State Department of Public Health, upon request, nutrition-related data collection forms, documentation, and reports of various programs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1264 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–1 (pass) · lower
AB 1264 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — 65–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1264 Gabriel et al. By Weber Pierson — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gabriel — primary (person)
Addis — coauthor (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Connolly — coauthor (person)
Flora — coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Hadwick — coauthor (person)
Hoover — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
Padilla — coauthor (person)
Patterson — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Pérez — coauthor (person)
Sanchez — coauthor (person)
Valencia — coauthor (person)
Valladares — coauthor (person)
Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-28 Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.S & T.M. referral-committee
2025-03-28 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
2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-04-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M. referral-committee
2025-04-30 Coauthors revised.
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1789.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 1. Page 1989.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.Q. referral-committee
2025-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-07-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). referral-committee
2025-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). referral-committee
2025-09-08 (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2570.)
2025-09-09 From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (September 9) committee-passage
2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2916.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 3388.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 467, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1bca8ea-93b6-45ce-8948-fea89983e1a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).