---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding."
description: "The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the State Board of Equalization to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products. That act requires retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products to obtain a separate license for each retail location from the board, which is issued upon receipt of a completed application and payment of a one-time fee, unless specified conditions apply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 11"
citation: "California AB 11 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-07-16"
last_action: "2016-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/355ec3e8-f28d-4f1d-b194-bc95ba6b0394"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11"
source_hash: "7a035a83d92e2dae3a8fd6cd76def36c80ecc9d3cc3598685644ebf40b426129"
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 11 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding.

The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the State Board of Equalization to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products. That act requires retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products to obtain a separate license for each retail location from the board, which is issued upon receipt of a completed application and payment of a one-time fee, unless specified conditions apply.

## Version chain

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

1. **07/16/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11&version=20152AB1199INT)
2. **03/03/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11&version=20152AB1198AMD)
3. **05/04/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11&version=20152AB1196CHP)
4. **AB11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11)
5. **03/14/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB11&version=20152AB1197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Finance] — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 11 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — **48–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB11 Nazarian By Beall — **24–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-07-17** From printer.
- **2015-08-20** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (August 25). Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (September 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 185.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 25. Page 185.)
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 25. Page 185.)
- **2016-03-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 186.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** Referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 116.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2016-05-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 6, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/355ec3e8-f28d-4f1d-b194-bc95ba6b0394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).