Existing law, the California Cigarette and Tobacco Licensing Act of 2003, requires a retailer to obtain a license from the State Board of Equalization to engage in the sale of cigarette and tobacco products in California. Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act, or STAKE Act, establishes various requirements for retailers relating to tobacco sales to minors. Existing law also makes it a misdemeanor for a retailer to knowingly or under circumstances in which it has knowledge, or should otherwise have grounds for knowledge, sell, give, or in any way furnish a minor with tobacco products or paraphernalia.
California AB 1301 (20112012) — Retail tobacco sales: STAKE Act.
Existing law, the California Cigarette and Tobacco Licensing Act of 2003, requires a retailer to obtain a license from the State Board of Equalization to engage in the sale of cigarette and tobacco products in California. Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act, or STAKE Act, establishes various requirements for retailers relating to tobacco sales to minors. Existing law also makes it a misdemeanor for a retailer to knowingly or under circumstances in which it has knowledge, or should otherwise have grounds for knowledge, sell, give, or in any way furnish a minor with tobacco products or paraphernalia.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1301 HILL Assembly Third Reading — 61–15 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
AB 1301 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–18 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1301 Hill By Padilla — 32–5 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Padilla — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2011-03-25 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2011-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2011-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 1671.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2011-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-30 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-01-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-01-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-01-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-02-02 Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and RLS. referral-committee
2012-05-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-06-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-06-20 Withdrawn from committee.
2012-06-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2012-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 4581.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 6097.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2012-09-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9c2fae3-2705-4d19-8594-ce4b36306e88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).