BILL NUMBER: SB 667	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Roth

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 25996 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 667, as amended, Roth. Retail sale of shelled eggs.
   Existing law prohibits a shelled egg from being sold or contracted
for sale for human consumption in California if it is the product of
an egg-laying hen that was confined on a farm or place that is not
in compliance with animal care standards. Violation of these
provisions is a misdemeanor.
   This bill would instead prohibit a shelled egg from being sold or
contracted for sale for human consumption in California if 
it is known to be   the seller knows or should have
known that the egg is  the product of an egg-laying hen that was
confined on a farm or place that is not in compliance with animal
care standards.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25996 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   25996.  Commencing January 1, 2015, a shelled egg shall not be
sold or contracted for sale for human consumption in California if
 it is known to be  the seller knows or should
have known that the egg is  the product of an egg-laying hen
that was confined on a farm or place that is not in compliance with
animal care standards set forth in Chapter 13.8 (commencing with
Section 25990).