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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developmental services: Medi-Cal: funding."
description: "The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. Under existing law, regional centers purchase needed services for individuals with developmental disabilities through approved service providers or arrange for those services through other publicly funded agencies. Existing law establishes specified rates and wages to be paid to certain service providers and the rates to be paid for certain developmental services. Existing law requires that rates to be paid to other developmental service providers either be set by the department or negotiated between the regional center and the service provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 1"
citation: "California AB 1 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Developmental services: Medi-Cal: funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurmond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-07-02"
last_action: "2016-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b5a08fc-90ee-4d46-9646-d18c5b908474"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB1"
source_hash: "7d59ef18db1962ccc16f2b9ba48915374c62ddaf567d02cbe2bc301591479424"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 1 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Developmental services: Medi-Cal: funding.
The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. Under existing law, regional centers purchase needed services for individuals with developmental disabilities through approved service providers or arrange for those services through other publicly funded agencies. Existing law establishes specified rates and wages to be paid to certain service providers and the rates to be paid for certain developmental services. Existing law requires that rates to be paid to other developmental service providers either be set by the department or negotiated between the regional center and the service provider.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **07/02/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB1&version=20152AB199INT)
2. **02/22/16 - Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB1&version=20152AB197AMD)
3. **03/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB1&version=20152AB195CHP)
4. **09/03/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB1&version=20152AB198AMD)
5. **AB1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB1)
6. **02/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB1&version=20152AB196ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB1 Bonta By Hernandez — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- AB 1 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **3–50** (fail) · lower
- Conference Report AB1 Thurmond, et al. By Beall — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **50–28** (pass) · lower
- AB 1 THURMOND Conference Report — **78–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Thurmond — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Baker — coauthor (person)
- Beall — author (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — author (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Burke — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Campos — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — author (person)
- Chau — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Daly — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Gomez — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Gray — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Linder — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Lopez — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — author (person)
- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Ridley-Thomas — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-07-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** From printer.
- **2015-08-27** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 51.)
- **2015-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 58.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-09-04** (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 66.)
- **2015-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 73.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 95.)
- **2015-09-10** Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. To Conference Committee. (Ayes 3. Noes 50. Page 96.) `committee-failure`
- **2015-09-23** Assembly Members Bonta (Co-Chair), Bonilla, Gallagher, Patterson, and Santiago appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2015-09-24** Senators Hernandez (Co-Chair), Leno, Mitchell, Nielsen, and vacancy appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2016-02-08** Senator Anderson appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2016-02-22** From Conference Committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 10 (Assembly Members Bonta, Bonilla, Gallagher, Patterson, and Santiago) (Senators Hernandez, Anderson, Leno, Mitchell, and Nielsen)). (Noes 0). To print.
- **2016-02-23** From printer.
- **2016-02-29** Senate adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 94.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-02-29** Assembly adopts Conference Committee report. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 162.). `committee-passage`
- **2016-02-29** Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-02-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2016-03-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-03-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b5a08fc-90ee-4d46-9646-d18c5b908474`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding."
description: "The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the State Board of Equalization to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products. That act requires retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products to obtain a separate license for each retail location from the board, which is issued upon receipt of a completed application and payment of a one-time fee, unless specified conditions apply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 11"
citation: "California AB 11 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-07-16"
last_action: "2016-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/355ec3e8-f28d-4f1d-b194-bc95ba6b0394"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11"
source_hash: "7a035a83d92e2dae3a8fd6cd76def36c80ecc9d3cc3598685644ebf40b426129"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 11 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding.
The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the State Board of Equalization to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products. That act requires retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products to obtain a separate license for each retail location from the board, which is issued upon receipt of a completed application and payment of a one-time fee, unless specified conditions apply.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **07/16/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11&version=20152AB1199INT)
2. **03/03/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11&version=20152AB1198AMD)
3. **05/04/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11&version=20152AB1196CHP)
4. **AB11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11)
5. **03/14/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11&version=20152AB1197ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Finance] — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 11 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — **48–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB11 Nazarian By Beall — **24–15** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Nazarian — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-07-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-07-17** From printer.
- **2015-08-20** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (August 25). Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (September 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 185.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 25. Page 185.)
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 25. Page 185.)
- **2016-03-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 186.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 116.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2016-05-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 6, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/355ec3e8-f28d-4f1d-b194-bc95ba6b0394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "End of life."
description: "Existing law authorizes an adult to give an individual health care instruction and to appoint an attorney to make health care decisions for that individual in the event of his or her incapacity pursuant to a power of attorney for health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 15"
citation: "California AB 15 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["End of life."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-08-17"
last_action: "2015-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56ec2401-82de-4b2a-ab4a-610aebf4591c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB15"
source_hash: "16db7b8dd5adc467a796c1118987c28424a3e3caf8c1db815b68116d0e8c7208"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 15 (20152016 Special Session 2) — End of life.
Existing law authorizes an adult to give an individual health care instruction and to appoint an attorney to make health care decisions for that individual in the event of his or her incapacity pursuant to a power of attorney for health care.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **08/17/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB15&version=20152AB1599INT)
2. **09/03/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB15&version=20152AB1598AMD)
3. **10/05/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB15&version=20152AB1595CHP)
4. **AB15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB15)
5. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB15&version=20152AB1596ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB15 Eggman By Wolk and Monning — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- AB 15 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **44–35** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Finance] — **10–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Eggman — primary (person)
- Alejo — author (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Burke — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — author (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Monning — principal coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-08-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-08-18** From printer.
- **2015-08-27** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (September 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 35. Page 85.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-09-09** (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 72.)
- **2015-09-09** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-09-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 81.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56ec2401-82de-4b2a-ab4a-610aebf4591c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smoking in the workplace."
description: "Existing law prohibits smoking of tobacco products inside an enclosed space, as defined, at a place of employment. The violation of the prohibition against smoking in enclosed spaces of places of employment is an infraction punishable by a specified fine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 7"
citation: "California AB 7 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Smoking in the workplace."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-07-16"
last_action: "2016-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46bc18b5-e683-48c3-84c0-df862b9ff005"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7"
source_hash: "97ef6906436507a235f4fac284c99017edae72608fb61c9ca0670b075101a6e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 7 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Smoking in the workplace.
Existing law prohibits smoking of tobacco products inside an enclosed space, as defined, at a place of employment. The violation of the prohibition against smoking in enclosed spaces of places of employment is an infraction punishable by a specified fine.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **07/16/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB799INT)
2. **03/03/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB797AMD)
3. **05/04/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB795CHP)
4. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB798AMD)
5. **AB7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7)
6. **03/14/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB796ENR)
## Votes
- AB 7 STONE Assembly Third Reading — **49–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 7 STONE Assembly Third Reading Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By WILK — **48–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB7 Mark Stone By Monning — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Finance] — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 7 STONE Assembly Third Reading Amend By STONE Set #1 — **48–25** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mark Stone — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-07-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-07-17** From printer.
- **2015-08-20** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 25). Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (September 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 181.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 181.)
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 181.)
- **2016-03-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 183.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-08** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 115.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2016-05-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 4, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46bc18b5-e683-48c3-84c0-df862b9ff005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco use programs."
description: "Existing law establishes the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee to provide advice to the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Education with respect to policy development, integration, and evaluation of tobacco education programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to allocate funds to county offices of education for tobacco use prevention, intervention, and cessation activities. Existing law also requires that all school districts and county offices of education that receive funding, as specified, adopt and enforce a tobacco-free campus policy, no later than July of each fiscal year, prohibiting the use of tobacco products, any time, in district-owned or leased buildings, on district property and in district vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 9"
citation: "California AB 9 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco use programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurmond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-07-16"
last_action: "2016-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60bd2769-e3a8-4db5-ae2f-af1eb4790800"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9"
source_hash: "2bbb58696b5764005a37ea542b28c595a3aafc0a20b5823c1b5b66a47fa07c52"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 9 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Tobacco use programs.
Existing law establishes the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee to provide advice to the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Education with respect to policy development, integration, and evaluation of tobacco education programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to allocate funds to county offices of education for tobacco use prevention, intervention, and cessation activities. Existing law also requires that all school districts and county offices of education that receive funding, as specified, adopt and enforce a tobacco-free campus policy, no later than July of each fiscal year, prohibiting the use of tobacco products, any time, in district-owned or leased buildings, on district property and in district vehicles.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **07/16/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB999INT)
2. **03/03/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB997AMD)
3. **05/04/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB995CHP)
4. **08/27/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB998AMD)
5. **AB9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9)
6. **03/14/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB996ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Finance] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 9 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — **59–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB9 Thurmond By Liu — **30–8** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Thurmond — primary (person)
- Liu — principal coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-07-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-07-17** From printer.
- **2015-08-20** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (September 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 184.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 184.)
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 184.)
- **2016-03-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 6. Page 185.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 115.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2016-05-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 5, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60bd2769-e3a8-4db5-ae2f-af1eb4790800`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: managed care organization tax."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law, until July 1, 2016, imposes a sales tax on sellers of Medi-Cal managed care plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "California SB 2 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: managed care organization tax."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-07-06"
last_action: "2016-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f8ac8b3-1dd9-404c-aaf1-f21491284000"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB2"
source_hash: "8db13e96b674241ac314a215875b8ba7eba35d649d862d7b183bdacbfa7b9d41"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 2 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Medi-Cal: managed care organization tax.
(1) Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law, until July 1, 2016, imposes a sales tax on sellers of Medi-Cal managed care plans.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **07/06/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB2&version=20152SB299INT)
2. **02/22/16 - Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB2&version=20152SB297AMD)
3. **03/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB2&version=20152SB295CHP)
4. **09/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB2&version=20152SB298AMD)
5. **SB2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB2)
6. **02/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB2&version=20152SB296ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- SB 2 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **53–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 2 Hernandez Conference Report By BONTA — **61–16** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB2 Hernandez Concurrence — **1–39** (fail) · upper
- Conference Report — **28–11** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-07-06** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2015-07-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** To print.
- **2015-07-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-07-07** From printer.
- **2015-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 58.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 28. Page 76.)
- **2015-09-04** Without reference to committee or file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 1. Page 89.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-10** Senate refused to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 1. Noes 39. Page 77.) `committee-failure, amendment-failure`
- **2015-09-10** Ordered to Conference Committee. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-23** Assembly Members Bonta (Co-Chair), Bonilla, Gallagher, Patterson and Santiago appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2015-09-24** Senators Hernandez (Co-Chair), Leno, Mitchell, Nielsen and vacancy appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2016-02-08** Senator Anderson appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2016-02-09** Set for hearing February 10.
- **2016-02-09** February 10 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-02-19** Set for hearing February 22.
- **2016-02-22** From Conference Committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 6: Senators Mitchell, Leno and Hernandez, Assembly Members Bonilla, Santiago and Bonta. Noes 4: Senators Nielsen and Anderson, Assembly Members Gallagher and Patterson)
- **2016-02-22** To print.
- **2016-02-23** From printer.
- **2016-02-29** Senate adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 92.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-02-29** Assembly adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 161.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-01** Ordered to enrgrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-03-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2016-03-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-03-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 2, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f8ac8b3-1dd9-404c-aaf1-f21491284000`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic cigarettes."
description: "Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act, prohibits a person from selling or otherwise furnishing tobacco products to a person under 18 years of age. Existing law permits enforcing agencies to assess various civil penalties for violations of the STAKE Act. Existing law makes it a crime to furnish tobacco products to a person under 18 years of age. Existing law also prohibits a person from selling or otherwise furnishing an electronic cigarette to a person under 18 years of age, and makes a violation punishable as an infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "California SB 5 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic cigarettes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-07-16"
last_action: "2016-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76324036-e57d-4196-a0e9-6472ee70d47a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB5"
source_hash: "d0b1506321b0e4e976afa0b3d1fd0a7ae8c66a97b776fa6b0f7ec7456bd6c143"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 5 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Electronic cigarettes.
Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act, prohibits a person from selling or otherwise furnishing tobacco products to a person under 18 years of age. Existing law permits enforcing agencies to assess various civil penalties for violations of the STAKE Act. Existing law makes it a crime to furnish tobacco products to a person under 18 years of age. Existing law also prohibits a person from selling or otherwise furnishing an electronic cigarette to a person under 18 years of age, and makes a violation punishable as an infraction.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **07/16/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB5&version=20152SB599INT)
2. **02/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB5&version=20152SB597AMD)
3. **03/02/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB5&version=20152SB596AMD)
4. **05/04/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB5&version=20152SB594CHP)
5. **08/26/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB5&version=20152SB598AMD)
6. **SB5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB5)
7. **04/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB5&version=20152SB595ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB5 Leno Concurrence — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 5 Leno Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **52–21** (pass) · lower
- SB 5 Leno Senate Third Reading By BONTA Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By GALLAGHER — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Leno — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-07-16** Introduced. Read first time. Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `introduction, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** To print.
- **2015-07-17** From printer.
- **2015-08-13** Set for hearing August 19.
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 28.) (August 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-21** Set for hearing August 24.
- **2015-08-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 37.) (August 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 52.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2016-03-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-03-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2016-03-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 178.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-03-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 11.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2016-05-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 7, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76324036-e57d-4196-a0e9-6472ee70d47a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco products: minimum legal age."
description: "Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act, establishes various requirements for distributors and retailers relating to tobacco sales to minors. Existing law prohibits the furnishing of tobacco products to, and the purchase of tobacco products by, a person under 18 years of age. Under existing law, a person is prohibited from making various promotional or advertising offers of smokeless tobacco products without taking actions to ensure that the product is not available to persons under 18 years of age. Existing law also requires the State Department of Public Health to conduct random, onsite sting inspections of tobacco product retailers with the assistance of persons under 18 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "California SB 7 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco products: minimum legal age."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-07-16"
last_action: "2016-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24985125-a910-4b64-a746-2361356d5071"
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# California SB 7 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Tobacco products: minimum legal age.
Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act, establishes various requirements for distributors and retailers relating to tobacco sales to minors. Existing law prohibits the furnishing of tobacco products to, and the purchase of tobacco products by, a person under 18 years of age. Under existing law, a person is prohibited from making various promotional or advertising offers of smokeless tobacco products without taking actions to ensure that the product is not available to persons under 18 years of age. Existing law also requires the State Department of Public Health to conduct random, onsite sting inspections of tobacco product retailers with the assistance of persons under 18 years of age.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **07/16/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB7&version=20152SB799INT)
2. **02/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB7&version=20152SB798AMD)
3. **03/02/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB7&version=20152SB797AMD)
4. **05/04/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB7&version=20152SB795CHP)
5. **SB7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB7)
6. **04/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162SB7&version=20152SB796ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB7 Hernandez Concurrence — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 7 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD Move Previous Question By CALDERON — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 7 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By BAKER — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- SB 7 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD — **49–25** (pass) · lower
- SB 7 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD Motion to Adjourn By GALLAGHER — **26–49** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Wood — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-07-16** Introduced. Read first time. Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `introduction, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** To print.
- **2015-07-17** From printer.
- **2015-08-13** Set for hearing August 19.
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 28.) (August 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-21** Set for hearing August 24.
- **2015-08-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 37.) (August 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 51.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2016-03-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-03-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2016-03-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 175.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-03-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2016-05-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 8, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24985125-a910-4b64-a746-2361356d5071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).