---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cigarette and tobacco products: licensing and enforcement."
description: "The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, distributers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 573"
citation: "California AB 573 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cigaretteandtobaccoproducts", "licensingandenforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rogers"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/088802cc-81c4-4194-83b7-4bf4e3aa212d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB573"
source_hash: "89f7ba74fdb16762de33d187ce44bf0866f1148b61164c543b9664a0ef85291b"
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 573 (20252026) — Cigarette and tobacco products: licensing and enforcement.

The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, distributers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB573&version=20250AB57399INT)
2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB573&version=20250AB57398AMD)
3. **07/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB573&version=20250AB57397AMD)
4. **09/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB573&version=20250AB57396AMD)
5. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB573&version=20250AB57394CHP)
6. **AB573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB573)
7. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB573&version=20250AB57395ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 573 Rogers Assembly Third Reading — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB573 Rogers et al. By Rubio — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 573 Rogers Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rogers — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Ahrens — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 1. Page 1973.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-18** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2735.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 1. Page 3198.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/088802cc-81c4-4194-83b7-4bf4e3aa212d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).