Alex Padilla
- Democratic
Author
The California Retail Food Code provides for the regulation of health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Local health agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing this law. This law generally requires food facilities, except temporary food facilities, to have an owner or employee who has successfully passed an approved and accredited food safety certification examination from an accredited food protection manager certification organization, except as specified. This bill would require at least one of the accredited food safety certification examinations to be offered online. This bill would also require, with specified exceptions, a food handler, as defined, who is hired prior to June 1, 2011, to obtain a food handler card on or before July 1, 2011. The bill would require food handlers hired after June 1, 2011, to obtain a food handler card within 30 days of his or her date of hire. It would require each food handler to maintain a valid food handler card for the duration of his or her employment as a food handler. This bill would exempt from compliance any food handler subject to an existing local food handler program that took effect prior to January 1, 2009, and would also require a food facility that employs food handlers to maintain records documenting that each food handler employed by the facility possesses a food handler card. The bill would require at least one food handler training course to cost no more than $15 and, if a training course is not available at that cost, would remove the requirement to obtain a food handler card. By creating a new crime and expanding the duties of local enforcement officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 309, Statutes of 2010.
Approved by Governor.
Enrolled. To Governor at 4 p.m.
Urgency clause adopted.
Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 4975.) To enrollment.
(For vote only.)
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4954.)
Set for hearing August 26.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4565.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Senate. To unfinished business.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6238.) To Senate.
Read second time. To third reading.
(Heard in committee on June 30).
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.)
(Heard in committee on March 23.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
(Heard in committee on September 10.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
To Com. on G.O.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 1182.) To Assembly.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5. Page 1073.)
Read second time. Amended. To third reading.
(Suspense - for vote only.)
Set for hearing May 28.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 11.
Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3. Page 639.)
Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 556.)
Set for hearing April 22 in REV. & TAX. pending receipt.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing April 15.
To Coms. on HEALTH and REV. & TAX.
Read first time.
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 31.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB602 | HTML |
| 02/27/09 - Introduced | |
| 04/13/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/21/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/28/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/18/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/28/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/01/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 01/05/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 03/10/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 03/25/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/07/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/31/10 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/10 - Chaptered |
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