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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public health: food access."
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description: "Existing law establishes, until July 1, 2017, the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative to expand access to nutritious foods in underserved, urban, and rural communities. Existing law establishes the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative Council and requires the council to implement the initiative. Existing law requires the council, among other things, to develop financing options using public or private moneys and resources to support access to healthy foods."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 2246"
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citation: "California AB 2246 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public health: food access."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2012-02-24"
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last_action: "2012-09-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/099bbabc-ef06-4a46-8813-d39b220b51bc"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2246"
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source_hash: "1396627956b47ea9810c9913b7b56830d80d7042b792df4ae285b49d264eca50"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2246 (20112012) — Public health: food access.
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Existing law establishes, until July 1, 2017, the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative to expand access to nutritious foods in underserved, urban, and rural communities. Existing law establishes the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative Council and requires the council to implement the initiative. Existing law requires the council, among other things, to develop financing options using public or private moneys and resources to support access to healthy foods.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2246&version=20110AB224699INT)
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2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2246&version=20110AB224698AMD)
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3. **04/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2246&version=20110AB224697AMD)
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4. **04/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2246&version=20110AB224696AMD)
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5. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2246&version=20110AB224694CHP)
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6. **AB2246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2246)
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7. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2246&version=20110AB224695ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2246 PÉREZ, J. Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2246 John A. Pérez By Hernandez — **28–9** (pass) · upper
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- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
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- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2012-03-29** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and AGRI. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4985.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2012-08-06** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4575.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2012-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 446, Statutes of 2012.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/099bbabc-ef06-4a46-8813-d39b220b51bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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