---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smoking: public buildings."
description: "Smoking: public buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 846"
citation: "California AB 846 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Smoking: public buildings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44018112-6471-42e2-99fc-946ef59d5e7a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB846"
source_hash: "8cbf024c178498c8345aa998f94b4f5e49b7a1cd0b01aa0e740ff090674c545e"
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 846 (20032004) — Smoking: public buildings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB846&version=20030AB84699INT)
2. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB846&version=20030AB84698AMD)
3. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB846&version=20030AB84697AMD)
4. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB846&version=20030AB84696AMD)
5. **09/08/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB846&version=20030AB84694CHP)
6. **AB846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB846)
7. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB846&version=20030AB84695ENR)

## Votes

- ab 846 vargas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 846 vargas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab846 vargas by ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 342, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3078.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 2044.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** Re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 1759.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** 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`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** 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/44018112-6471-42e2-99fc-946ef59d5e7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).