Bill Commons

CA AB 1148

in committee

Food packaging: hazardous chemicals.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1148 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 1148 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-20): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Blakespear.

What is CA AB 1148 about?

Existing law prohibits a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the state any plant-based food packaging that contains regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, as defined. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2028, the manufacture, distribution, sale, or offering for sale in the state of food packaging that contains intentionally added bisphenols or ortho-phthalates, as defined. The bill would require, subject to an appropriation, the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to establish a threshold in food packaging for bisphenols or ortho-phthalates that are not intentionally added, as specified. The bill would also prohibit, no sooner than a year after the adoption of those regulations, the manufacture, distribution, sale, or offering for sale in the state of food packaging that contains bisphenols or ortho-phthalates at or above that threshold. The bill would require a manufacturer of food packaging that is manufactured, distributed, sold, or offered for sale in the state that contains bisphenols or ortho-phthalates that are not intentionally added to maintain specified information. The bill would authorize the department and the Attorney General to enforce these provisions and would subject a person to an administrative or civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for the first violation and not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent violation, as specified. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, authorize funds in the Toxic Substances Control Account to be used by the department to implement these provisions.

Who sponsors CA AB 1148?

Sharp-Collins is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1148.

Description

Existing law prohibits a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the state any plant-based food packaging that contains regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, as defined. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2028, the manufacture, distribution, sale, or offering for sale in the state of food packaging that contains intentionally added bisphenols or ortho-phthalates, as defined. The bill would require, subject to an appropriation, the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to establish a threshold in food packaging for bisphenols or ortho-phthalates that are not intentionally added, as specified. The bill would also prohibit, no sooner than a year after the adoption of those regulations, the manufacture, distribution, sale, or offering for sale in the state of food packaging that contains bisphenols or ortho-phthalates at or above that threshold. The bill would require a manufacturer of food packaging that is manufactured, distributed, sold, or offered for sale in the state that contains bisphenols or ortho-phthalates that are not intentionally added to maintain specified information. The bill would authorize the department and the Attorney General to enforce these provisions and would subject a person to an administrative or civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for the first violation and not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent violation, as specified. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, authorize funds in the Toxic Substances Control Account to be used by the department to implement these provisions.

Introduced
2025-03-28
Latest action
2026-08-20 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Blakespear.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sharp-Collinsauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-20

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Blakespear.

  2. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  3. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).

  4. 2026-08-13

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  5. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  6. 2026-07-02

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2026-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  8. 2026-06-22

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  9. 2026-06-18

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17).

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  10. 2026-05-28

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  11. 2025-06-27

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  12. 2025-06-17

    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.

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  13. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HEALTH.

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  14. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 11. Page 1880.)

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  16. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).

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  18. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  19. 2025-04-24

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. 2025-04-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  21. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 22).

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  22. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  23. 2025-04-01

    Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

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  24. 2025-03-28

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.

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  25. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Coms. on E.S & T.M. and JUD.

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  26. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  27. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-23Compare
  • 06/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-17Compare
  • 06/22/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-22Compare
  • 07/02/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-02Compare
  • AB1148Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Lee: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Hadwick: no
    • Castillo: no

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 9-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 1148 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 55-11

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lackey: no
    • Ta: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Davies: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Flora: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Patel: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Soria: other
    • Chen: other
    • Bains: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health]

    2026-06-17 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Allen: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Valladares: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-07-01 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Caballero: other
    • Grove: other
    • Rubio: other
    • Valladares: other

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