CA SB 1151

introduced

Sales and Use Tax Law: exemptions: infant formula.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing sales and use tax laws impose taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes, including an exemption for the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, food products for human consumption, as specified. This bill would specify that "food products" includes infant formula. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Introduced: 2026-02-18
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-07-02 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-18
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2026-02-19
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2026-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
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2026-04-09
Set for hearing May 6.
2026-04-29
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
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2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4154.) (May 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-07
Set for hearing May 11.
2026-05-11
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
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2026-05-12
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2026-05-14
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4213.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-14
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-26
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
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2026-06-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1).
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2026-07-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Versions

02/18/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-18Compare
03/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-25Compare
04/29/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-29Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-05-06 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Grayson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McNerney: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd
2026-05-14 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Limón: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Jones: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Becker: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Choi: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Pérez: other
- Reyes: other
- Blakespear: other
- Umberg: other
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-15 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- DeMaio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Sanchez: other
Do pass.
2026-07-01 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Solache: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Tangipa: other
- Calderon: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Pellerin: other

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