---
type: "Bill"
title: "Playgrounds: smoking."
description: "Playgrounds: smoking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 188"
citation: "California AB 188 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Playgrounds: smoking."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-07"
last_action: "2001-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64c0b57-3502-40f6-b294-8b36987c6b1c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188"
source_hash: "4e0d86ab0e246204909172a38fb4c116c02a59bdcc2015a11c96882b5a3084e9"
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 188 (20012002) — Playgrounds: smoking.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188&version=20010AB18899INT)
2. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188&version=20010AB18898AMD)
3. **04/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188&version=20010AB18897AMD)
4. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188&version=20010AB18896AMD)
5. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188&version=20010AB18895AMD)
6. **08/06/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188&version=20010AB18893CHP)
7. **AB188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188)
8. **07/19/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB188&version=20010AB18894ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB188 Vargas By Vincent — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 188 Vargas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — principal coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 150, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-07-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-07-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 2116.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 2172.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1913.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization 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`
- **2001-03-27** 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`
- **2001-02-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2001-02-07** 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/f64c0b57-3502-40f6-b294-8b36987c6b1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).