---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco products: prevention of sales of untaxed cigarettes: multiagency task force."
description: "Tobacco products: prevention of sales of untaxed cigarettes: multiagency task force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2205"
citation: "California AB 2205 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco products: prevention of sales of untaxed cigarettes: multiagency task force."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koretz"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3d13ed2-9652-453b-9fcb-ccb7ef24da67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205"
source_hash: "18d6e5b1948987bd9160b0f94d0a7c4aea0aebd38739237855ecb5bd2a986804"
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 2205 (20012002) — Tobacco products: prevention of sales of untaxed cigarettes: multiagency task force.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205&version=20010AB220599INT)
2. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205&version=20010AB220598AMD)
3. **05/13/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205&version=20010AB220597AMD)
4. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205&version=20010AB220596AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205&version=20010AB220595AMD)
6. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205&version=20010AB220593CHP)
7. **AB2205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205)
8. **08/23/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2205&version=20010AB220594ENR)

## Votes

- 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 Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2205 Koretz By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2205 Koretz Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2205 Koretz Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Koretz — primary (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2002-08-24** (Corrected August 23. )
- **2002-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 9. Page 7723.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 5431.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (August 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-27** 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`
- **2002-06-17** 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`
- **2002-06-12** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-11** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 6329.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6050.). `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-02** Joint Rule 61(b)(5) suspended. (Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation.).
- **2002-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. (Ayes 18. Noes 2.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** 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/c3d13ed2-9652-453b-9fcb-ccb7ef24da67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).