republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1059.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Product safety: consumer products: textile fiberglass and covered flame retardant chemicals."
description: "Existing law, the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act, establishes the Bureau of Household Goods and Services to license and regulate persons engaged in businesses relating to upholstered furniture, bedding and filling materials, and insulation, including juvenile products and mattresses. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1059"
citation: "California AB 1059 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Product safety", "consumer products", "textile fiberglass and covered flame retardant chemicals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b342a20-0160-494b-8289-5cd0b5abd158"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059"
source_hash: "09f5f076fb995c1d532ddfd683f98e3fb20f2938ebdcfcc456d239f04977b882"
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 1059 (20232024) — Product safety: consumer products: textile fiberglass and covered flame retardant chemicals.

Existing law, the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act, establishes the Bureau of Household Goods and Services to license and regulate persons engaged in businesses relating to upholstered furniture, bedding and filling materials, and insulation, including juvenile products and mattresses. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059&version=20230AB105999INT)
2. **04/10/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059&version=20230AB105998AMD)
3. **04/11/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059&version=20230AB105997AMD)
4. **06/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059&version=20230AB105996AMD)
5. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059&version=20230AB105995AMD)
6. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059&version=20230AB105993CHP)
7. **AB1059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059)
8. **09/12/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1059&version=20230AB105994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1059 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — **64–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1059 Friedman By Dahle — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1059 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Friedman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 14. Page 1891.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E. D. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2463.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3193.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 461, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b342a20-0160-494b-8289-5cd0b5abd158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).