---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco products: state and local government."
description: "Tobacco products: state and local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 71"
citation: "California AB 71 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Tobacco products: state and local government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 33
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2002-12-13"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df52afb3-cc3b-4187-8c4e-662195a9e93f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71"
source_hash: "7d606c754cefc7477daaec715ba6d6914170b187c3cd86b7a5c426a7316fe407"
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 71 (20032004) — Tobacco products: state and local government.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/13/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7199INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7198AMD)
3. **05/19/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7197AMD)
4. **05/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7196AMD)
5. **06/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7195AMD)
6. **07/14/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7194AMD)
7. **07/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7193AMD)
8. **08/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7192AMD)
9. **09/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7191AMD)
10. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7190AMD)
11. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7188CHP)
12. **AB71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71)
13. **09/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB71&version=20030AB7189ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 71 horton,j third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- committee amendments. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab71 jerome horto by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 71 horton,j concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, and re-refer to the committee on health and human services. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 890, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 15. Page 3758.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2435.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to H. & H.S., Standing Committee on Judiciary, and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 2050.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 5.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-01-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2002-12-16** From printer. May be heard in committee January 15.
- **2002-12-13** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df52afb3-cc3b-4187-8c4e-662195a9e93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).