--- type: "Bill" title: "Strengthen Tobacco Oversight Programs (STOP) and Seize Illegal Tobacco Products Act." description: "Existing law, except as specified, prohibits a tobacco retailer, or any of the tobacco retailer's agents or employees, from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with the intent to sell or offer for sale a flavored tobacco product or a tobacco product flavor enhancer, as defined." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 1230" citation: "California SB 1230 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Strengthen Tobacco Oversight Programs (STOP) and Seize Illegal Tobacco Products Act"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"] version_count: 6 action_count: 31 vote_count: 10 first_action: "2024-02-15" last_action: "2024-09-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3128233-a538-489f-bece-2f16b58cd07c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1230" source_hash: "07c5e041c091f898ac5d02a9d6ef09e521dfee577f3a97eb5e2026a5f06cd361" 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 SB 1230 (20232024) — Strengthen Tobacco Oversight Programs (STOP) and Seize Illegal Tobacco Products Act. Existing law, except as specified, prohibits a tobacco retailer, or any of the tobacco retailer's agents or employees, from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with the intent to sell or offer for sale a flavored tobacco product or a tobacco product flavor enhancer, as defined. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1230&version=20230SB123099INT) 2. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1230&version=20230SB123098AMD) 3. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1230&version=20230SB123097AMD) 4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1230&version=20230SB123095CHP) 5. **SB1230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1230) 6. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1230&version=20230SB123096ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB1230 Rubio et al. Concurrence — **31–5** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - SB 1230 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Wood — **68–2** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading SB1230 Rubio et al. — **31–5** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **6–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Rubio — primary (person) - Wood — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-19** Set for hearing April 10. - **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3564.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-12** Set for hearing April 24. - **2024-04-18** April 24 hearing postponed by committee. - **2024-04-18** Set for hearing April 22. - **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3702.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6. - **2024-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16. - **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3976.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 4030.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 6658.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 5588.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 462, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3128233-a538-489f-bece-2f16b58cd07c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).