republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-831.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Retail Food Code."
description: "Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities for regulation by the State Department of Public Health, and requires local enforcement agencies to enforce those provisions. A violation of the California Retail Food Code is generally a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 831"
citation: "California AB 831 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Retail Food Code."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Health"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57274031-5b93-479c-9dd0-67bb40d5aca6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB831"
source_hash: "bc4d363ea3e69962517560c17553e9f8a07242aa6d1e99ec9f72b67dfdd94d19"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 831 (20212022) — California Retail Food Code.

Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities for regulation by the State Department of Public Health, and requires local enforcement agencies to enforce those provisions. A violation of the California Retail Food Code is generally a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB831&version=20210AB83199INT)
2. **07/07/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB831&version=20210AB83198AMD)
3. **08/31/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB831&version=20210AB83196CHP)
4. **AB831** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB831)
5. **08/17/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB831&version=20210AB83197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 831 HEALTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WOOD — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB831 HEALTH (Wood) By Dahle — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 831 HEALTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1154.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-06-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-07-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1908.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2406.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2021-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57274031-5b93-479c-9dd0-67bb40d5aca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).