BILL ANALYSIS �
SB 20
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 20 (Padilla)
As Amended September 2, 2011
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE : 34-2
HEALTH 13-0 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Monning, Ammiano, Atkins, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Bonilla, Eng, Gordon, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| |Hayashi, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| |Roger Hern�ndez, Bonnie | |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto, |
| |Lowenthal, Mitchell, Pan, | |Hall, Hill, Lara, |
| |V. Manuel P�rez, Williams | |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
| | | |Solorio, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Repeals current law governing menu labeling
requirements for food facilities and, instead, conforms state
law to federal law. Specifically, this bill :
1)Deletes existing law governing menu labeling requirements for
food facilities.
2)Requires every food facility subject to federal law or subject
to state law as it read on July 1, 2011, to comply with the
requirements of federal law and all subsequent regulations.
3)Clarifies that the Department of Public Health and local
enforcement agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing
the provisions of this bill.
4)Makes a violation of this bill an infraction punishable by a
fine in an amount that varies based on the nature of the
violation and permits the enforcement agency to assess a civil
penalty, as specified, as an alternative to assessing an
infraction.
5)Prohibits a food facility from being found to have committed a
violation under this bill more than once during an inspection
visit.
6)Makes the provisions of this bill operative only on and after
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the compliance date specified in federal law and subsequent
implementing regulations.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, there are no significant costs associated with this
legislation.
COMMENTS : According to the author, this bill seeks to conform
California's menu labeling standards to federal menu labeling
requirements that were included in the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA). A previous bill that initiated
menu labeling in California, SB 1420 (Padilla), Chapter
600, Statutes of 2008, requires restaurant chains with 20 or
more locations to disclose nutritional information, including
sodium, saturated fat, caloric, and carbohydrate content, on
their menus and menu boards and make it available to customers
under specified circumstances.
The author contends that the menu labeling provisions included
in PPACA and subsequent proposed regulations for implementation
will likely create a need for conformity between PPACA and
California's law. This bill seeks to address conformity
relative to the types of entities subject to menu labeling
requirements.
Analysis Prepared by : Cassie Royce / HEALTH / (916) 319-2097
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