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type: "Bill"
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title: "Food and drugs: sale."
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description: "The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law contains various provisions regarding the contents, packaging, labeling, and advertising of food, drugs, and cosmetics. The California Retail Food Code provides for the regulation of health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, local health agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing the California Retail Food Code. A violation of any of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor."
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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 688"
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citation: "California AB 688 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Food and drugs: sale."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2011-02-17"
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last_action: "2011-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdb3c52b-8299-44d5-ab85-3fdcc630cb24"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688"
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source_hash: "4e3e606ba2a38e0080dc841c9ff360905622bb78e4d04c939b332a41e4f2e79b"
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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 688 (20112012) — Food and drugs: sale.
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The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law contains various provisions regarding the contents, packaging, labeling, and advertising of food, drugs, and cosmetics. The California Retail Food Code provides for the regulation of health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, local health agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing the California Retail Food Code. A violation of any of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
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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. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688&version=20110AB68899INT)
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2. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688&version=20110AB68898AMD)
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3. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688&version=20110AB68897AMD)
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4. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688&version=20110AB68896AMD)
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5. **08/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688&version=20110AB68895AMD)
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6. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688&version=20110AB68894AMD)
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7. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688&version=20110AB68892CHP)
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8. **AB688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688)
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9. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB688&version=20110AB68893ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB688 Pan By De León — **27–12** (pass) · upper
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- AB 688 PAN Assembly Third Reading — **50–26** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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- AB 688 PAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Pan — primary (person)
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- Alquist — coauthor (person)
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- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 1462.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-08-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2011-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-08-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2424.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2011-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 3211.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2011.
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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/cdb3c52b-8299-44d5-ab85-3fdcc630cb24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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