California AB1731: Office of Farm to Fork: Healthy Food for California Public Institutions Program.

What the bill says

An act to add Chapter 14.6 (commencing with Section 49026) to Division 17 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture. food and agriculture Office of Farm to Fork: Healthy Food for California Public Institutions Program…

From the chaptered text, September 28, 2026:

An act to add Chapter 14.6 (commencing with Section 49026) to Division 17 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture. food and agriculture Office of Farm to Fork: Healthy Food for California Public Institutions Program. Existing law creates the Office of Farm to Fork within the Department of Food and Agriculture, and requires the office, to the extent that resources are available, to work with various entities, including, among others, the agricultural industry and other organizations involved in promoting food access, to increase the amount of agricultural products available to underserved communities and schools in the state. This bill would require the office, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish the Healthy Food for California Public Institutions Program for the purpose of identifying vendors in California that have the capacity to provide healthy foods to California public institutions, as defined. The bill would require the office, to the extent that funding is available, to implement initiatives under the program, including, but not limited to, an initiative to develop a list of approved vendors that public institutions can use to procure food products that are whole or minimally processed and are grown or produced in California using climate-smart agriculture practices and climate-smart agriculture production systems. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The …

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Sponsors

• Lori Wilson (D, AD11) · primary sponsor
• Juan Alanis (R, AD22)
• Jeff Gonzalez (R, AD36)
• Heather Hadwick (R, AD01)
• Esmeralda Soria (D, AD27)

Latest actions

1. September 28, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 718, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 28, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 4, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 27, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6676.).
5. August 27, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
6. August 25, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. August 25, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
8. August 17, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. August 13, 2026: Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
10. August 13, 2026: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

Votes

• AB 1731 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 27, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1731 Wilson et al. By Hurtado (August 25, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 30, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 1731 Wilson Assembly Third Reading (May 26, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB1731?

AB1731 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Office of Farm to Fork: Healthy Food for California Public Institutions Program.

What does AB1731 do?

In its own words: An act to add Chapter 14.6 (commencing with Section 49026) to Division 17 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture. food and agriculture Office of Farm to Fork: Healthy Food for California Public Institutions Program…

What is the status of AB1731?

Chaptered as of September 28, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 718, Statutes of 2026. (September 28, 2026).

Who sponsored AB1731?

Lori Wilson (D, AD11), with 4 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB1731?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1731