Food labeling: quality dates, safety dates, and sell-by dates.
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Officially: “Food labeling: quality dates, safety dates, and sell-by dates.” Read the full text
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2025-2026 session
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Read first time. To print. · Mar 5, 2026
From printer. May be heard in committee April 5. · Mar 6, 2026
Referred to Com. on AGRI. · Mar 16, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · Apr 16, 2026
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29). · Apr 29, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. · Apr 30, 2026
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 4968.) · May 7, 2026
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. · May 7, 2026
Referred to Com. on AGRI. · May 20, 2026
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. · Jun 9, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · Jun 16, 2026
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. · Jun 29, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. · Jun 30, 2026
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5189.). · Jul 2, 2026
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Ashby. · Jul 2, 2026
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5190.) · Jul 2, 2026
From Consent Calendar. · Jul 2, 2026
Ordered to third reading. · Jul 2, 2026
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). · Aug 27, 2026
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. · Aug 28, 2026
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). · Aug 30, 2026
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. · Sep 10, 2026
Approved by the Governor. · Sep 18, 2026
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 311, Statutes of 2026. · Sep 18, 2026
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AB 2779 Irwin Concurrence - Urgency AddedAssembly · 2026-08-30 · (PASS) · Ayes 78, Noes 0, Abstain 1
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2779 Irwin By Allen Urgency ClauseSenate · 2026-08-27 · (PASS) · Ayes 40, Noes 0, Abstain 0
Consent Calendar 2nd AB2779 Irwin Motion to Reconsider Urgency Clause ReconsiderSenate · 2026-07-02 · (PASS) · Ayes 37, Noes 0, Abstain 3
Consent Calendar 2nd AB2779 Irwin Urgency ClauseSenate · 2026-07-02 · (PASS) · Ayes 37, Noes 0, Abstain 3
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent CalendarSenate · 2026-06-16 · (PASS) · Ayes 4, Noes 0, Abstain 0
AB 2779 Agriculture Consent Calendar Second Day Regular SessionAssembly · 2026-05-07 · (PASS) · Ayes 66, Noes 0, Abstain 14
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.Assembly · 2026-04-29 · (PASS) · Ayes 14, Noes 0, Abstain 1
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarAssembly · 2026-04-15 · (PASS) · Ayes 8, Noes 0, Abstain 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the California legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 311, Statutes of 2026. (Sep 18, 2026).