---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smoking in the workplace."
description: "Existing law prohibits smoking of tobacco products inside an enclosed space, as defined, at a place of employment. The violation of the prohibition against smoking in enclosed spaces of places of employment is an infraction punishable by a specified fine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 7"
citation: "California AB 7 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Smoking in the workplace."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-07-16"
last_action: "2016-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46bc18b5-e683-48c3-84c0-df862b9ff005"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7"
source_hash: "97ef6906436507a235f4fac284c99017edae72608fb61c9ca0670b075101a6e1"
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 7 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Smoking in the workplace.

Existing law prohibits smoking of tobacco products inside an enclosed space, as defined, at a place of employment. The violation of the prohibition against smoking in enclosed spaces of places of employment is an infraction punishable by a specified fine.

## 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=201520162AB7&version=20152AB799INT)
2. **03/03/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB797AMD)
3. **05/04/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB795CHP)
4. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB798AMD)
5. **AB7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7)
6. **03/14/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7&version=20152AB796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 7 STONE Assembly Third Reading — **49–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 7 STONE Assembly Third Reading Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By WILK — **48–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB7 Mark Stone By Monning — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Finance] — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 7 STONE Assembly Third Reading Amend By STONE Set #1 — **48–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — 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 10. Noes 3.) (August 25). Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee`
- **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. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 181.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 181.)
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 181.)
- **2016-03-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 183.) `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: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `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 21. Noes 13. Page 115.). `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 4, 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/46bc18b5-e683-48c3-84c0-df862b9ff005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).