CA SB 646
enactedPrenatal multivitamins.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 646 pass?
Yes. CA SB 646 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 602, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 646 about?
Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, under the administration and enforcement of the State Department of Public Health, provides for the regulation of various subjects relating to the manufacturing, processing, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, and cosmetics. A violation of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law is punishable as a misdemeanor. Existing law requires a manufacturer of baby food for sale or distribution in this state to test a representative sample of each production aggregate of the manufacturer's final baby food product for toxic elements, as specified. Existing law requires a manufacturer to provide test results to any authorized agent of the department upon their request, as specified. Existing law requires a manufacturer of a final baby food product sold, manufactured, delivered, held, or offered for sale in the state to provide specified information disclosures to consumers, including making publicly available on its internet website the name and level of each toxic element present in each production aggregate of the final baby food product. Existing law also prohibits a person or entity from selling in the state or manufacturing, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the state any baby food that does not comply with these provisions. This bill would require, commencing January 1, 2027, a manufacturer of a bulk prenatal multivitamin product or packaged prenatal multivitamin product, as defined, that is sold, manufactured, delivered, held, or offered for sale in this state to test a representative sample of each lot of the manufacturer's bulk prenatal multivitamin product or packaged prenatal multivitamin product for heavy metals, as specified. The bill would define "heavy metals" to mean arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. The bill would require both a manufacturer and brand owner to provide test results to an authorized agent of the department upon their request, as specified. The bill would, commencing January 1, 2027, require a brand owner of a packaged prenatal multivitamin product that is sold, manufactured, delivered, held, or offered for sale in the state, as specified, to disclose specified product information to the public, including, among other things, the heavy metal testing information. Commencing on or after January 1, 2027, for products shipped to retailers or consumers, the bill would require the outermost package of a packaged prenatal vitamin product and the product details page on an internet website where the product is sold to include a statement regarding heavy metal testing. The bill would prohibit a person from selling in the state or manufacturing, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the state a prenatal multivitamin that does not comply with these provisions. By creating a new crime, the 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA SB 646?
Weber Pierson is the primary sponsor of CA SB 646.
Description
Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, under the administration and enforcement of the State Department of Public Health, provides for the regulation of various subjects relating to the manufacturing, processing, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, and cosmetics. A violation of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law is punishable as a misdemeanor. Existing law requires a manufacturer of baby food for sale or distribution in this state to test a representative sample of each production aggregate of the manufacturer's final baby food product for toxic elements, as specified. Existing law requires a manufacturer to provide test results to any authorized agent of the department upon their request, as specified. Existing law requires a manufacturer of a final baby food product sold, manufactured, delivered, held, or offered for sale in the state to provide specified information disclosures to consumers, including making publicly available on its internet website the name and level of each toxic element present in each production aggregate of the final baby food product. Existing law also prohibits a person or entity from selling in the state or manufacturing, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the state any baby food that does not comply with these provisions. This bill would require, commencing January 1, 2027, a manufacturer of a bulk prenatal multivitamin product or packaged prenatal multivitamin product, as defined, that is sold, manufactured, delivered, held, or offered for sale in this state to test a representative sample of each lot of the manufacturer's bulk prenatal multivitamin product or packaged prenatal multivitamin product for heavy metals, as specified. The bill would define "heavy metals" to mean arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. The bill would require both a manufacturer and brand owner to provide test results to an authorized agent of the department upon their request, as specified. The bill would, commencing January 1, 2027, require a brand owner of a packaged prenatal multivitamin product that is sold, manufactured, delivered, held, or offered for sale in the state, as specified, to disclose specified product information to the public, including, among other things, the heavy metal testing information. Commencing on or after January 1, 2027, for products shipped to retailers or consumers, the bill would require the outermost package of a packaged prenatal vitamin product and the product details page on an internet website where the product is sold to include a statement regarding heavy metal testing. The bill would prohibit a person from selling in the state or manufacturing, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the state a prenatal multivitamin that does not comply with these provisions. By creating a new crime, the 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-20
- Latest action
- 2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 602, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Weber Piersonauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-20
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-21
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-03-05
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.Q.
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2025-03-17
Set for hearing April 2.
2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 636.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2025-04-08
Set for hearing April 30.
2025-04-10
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2025-05-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 964.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1208.) (May 23).
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2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1305.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S & T.M.
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2025-06-16
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-07-03
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1).
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2025-07-07
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
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2025-07-10
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-05
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-05
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-09
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-09
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 3128.)
2025-09-13
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3442.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-13
Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3058.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-10-11
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 602, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
- 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
- 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
- 06/16/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-16Compare
- 07/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-07Compare
- 07/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-10Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-05Compare
- 09/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-09Compare
- 09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
- 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
2025-04-02 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Grove: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Richardson: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-30 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Padilla: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading SB646 Weber Pierson
2025-05-28 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials]
2025-07-01 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Patterson: other
- Bonta: yes
- Chen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Flora: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Krell: yes
- Addis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Papan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Castillo: other
- Ellis: other
Do pass.
2025-08-29 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
Unfinished Business SB646 Weber Pierson Concurrence
2025-09-13 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Weber Pierson: other
- Choi: other
- Valladares: other
- Grove: other
- Dahle: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
SB 646 Weber Pierson Senate Third Reading By Papan
2025-09-13 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Castillo: other
- Ellis: other
- Flora: other
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