---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smoking: playgrounds."
description: "Smoking: playgrounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1867"
citation: "California AB 1867 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Smoking: playgrounds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-01-31"
last_action: "2002-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c12edec1-39e1-419f-84ae-a5a66e8dd3e2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1867"
source_hash: "6700d5999bb4a5feda9b38b2100700b4b1cd81290e7864f5dc4d7605bf6c723a"
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 1867 (20012002) — Smoking: playgrounds.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/31/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1867&version=20010AB186799INT)
2. **04/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1867&version=20010AB186798AMD)
3. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1867&version=20010AB186797AMD)
4. **06/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1867&version=20010AB186796AMD)
5. **09/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1867&version=20010AB186794CHP)
6. **AB1867** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1867)
7. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1867&version=20010AB186795ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1867 Vargas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1867 Vargas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1867 Vargas By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 527, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 7627.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 5352.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-13** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6050.)
- **2002-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 24. Page 5923.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2002-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c12edec1-39e1-419f-84ae-a5a66e8dd3e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).