CA AB 1604
enactedProduct safety: proofs of purchase: intentionally added bisphenols.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1604 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1604 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 882, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1604 about?
Existing law prohibits a person from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in commerce any juvenile's feeding product or juvenile's sucking or teething product, as defined, that contains any form of bisphenol, as defined, at a detectable level above the practical quantitation limit, as determined by the Department of Toxic Substances Control, except as provided. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from manufacturing, distributing, or offering for sale a paper proof of purchase containing intentionally added bisphenol A, as defined, and, on and after January 1, 2029, containing any intentionally added bisphenols, as defined. The bill would require a manufacturer to use the least toxic alternative when replacing any form of bisphenol in a paper proof of purchase product. The bill would also prohibit a manufacturer from replacing any form of bisphenol pursuant to these provisions with a chemical known to cause cancer or reproductive or developmental harm, as specified. This bill would authorize the department to enforce a violation of those provisions by considering, on a case-by-case basis, the enforcement mechanism and an administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a first violation, and not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent violation. The bill would require all penalties collected pursuant to this bill to be deposited into the Toxic Substances Control Account, to be available for expenditure by the department upon appropriation by the Legislature, as specified. The bill would require the department to post any substantiated violation or final enforcement action of these provisions on the department's internet website.
Who sponsors CA AB 1604?
Stefani is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1604, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law prohibits a person from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in commerce any juvenile's feeding product or juvenile's sucking or teething product, as defined, that contains any form of bisphenol, as defined, at a detectable level above the practical quantitation limit, as determined by the Department of Toxic Substances Control, except as provided. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from manufacturing, distributing, or offering for sale a paper proof of purchase containing intentionally added bisphenol A, as defined, and, on and after January 1, 2029, containing any intentionally added bisphenols, as defined. The bill would require a manufacturer to use the least toxic alternative when replacing any form of bisphenol in a paper proof of purchase product. The bill would also prohibit a manufacturer from replacing any form of bisphenol pursuant to these provisions with a chemical known to cause cancer or reproductive or developmental harm, as specified. This bill would authorize the department to enforce a violation of those provisions by considering, on a case-by-case basis, the enforcement mechanism and an administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a first violation, and not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent violation. The bill would require all penalties collected pursuant to this bill to be deposited into the Toxic Substances Control Account, to be available for expenditure by the department upon appropriation by the Legislature, as specified. The bill would require the department to post any substantiated violation or final enforcement action of these provisions on the department's internet website.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-03
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 882, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Stefaniauthor
- Zburcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 882, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-03
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-26
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 2.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-26
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 6565.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-25
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-23
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-06-23
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-06-22
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 5357.)
2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 14).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-04-15
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-16
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-03-12
Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-11
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 10).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-03-04
Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
referral-committee
2026-03-03
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-02
Referred to Coms. on E.S & T.M. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-01-21
From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
2026-01-20
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 01/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-20Compare
- 03/03/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-03Compare
- 03/12/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-12Compare
- 05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
- 06/22/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-22Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
- 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
- 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-03-10 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Connolly: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-07 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Macedo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Dixon: yes
Do pass as amended.
2026-05-14 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
- Dixon: other
- Hoover: other
AB 1604 Stefani Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 70-2
Member-level votes (80)
- Hadwick: yes
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
- Flora: other
- Lackey: other
- Gallagher: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Castillo: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Ta: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-17 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
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