SB-585 • 2026

Agriculture: meat and poultry products: misbranding.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Jones
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about what kind of nonsubstantive change the bill makes, only that such a change is made to existing laws on misbranded livestock and poultry products.

Meat and Poultry Labeling: Misbranding

The bill makes a minor adjustment to the existing rules regarding misbranded meat and poultry products.

What This Bill Does

Makes a nonsubstantive change to the laws on misbranded livestock and poultry products.

Who It Names or Affects

Meat and poultry producers

Terms To Know

Misbranded: A product whose labeling is false or misleading in some way.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify new penalties for misbranding.
It only makes a nonsubstantive change, meaning the actual rules stay mostly the same.

Bill History

2026-02-02 California Legislative Information
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2025-03-05 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 585, as introduced, Jones.
Agriculture: meat and poultry products: misbranding.
Existing law provides that a livestock or poultry product is misbranded in each of specified cases, including when its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.

Current Bill Text

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