republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1735.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nitrous oxide: dispensing and distributing."
description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person to possess nitrous oxide or any substance containing nitrous oxide, with the intent to breathe, inhale, or ingest for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, stupefaction, or dulling of the senses or for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting, or disturbing the audio, visual, or mental processes, or to knowingly and with the intent to do so be under the influence of nitrous oxide or any material containing nitrous oxide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1735"
citation: "California AB 1735 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nitrous oxide: dispensing and distributing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b61de4a-b8ec-4a03-ae84-f1fcfe04782c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735"
source_hash: "25afe02edb227bff7bf2a9d18c18e20767f8ab6114bfaa818e69aca0838c4ab5"
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 1735 (20132014) — Nitrous oxide: dispensing and distributing.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person to possess nitrous oxide or any substance containing nitrous oxide, with the intent to breathe, inhale, or ingest for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, stupefaction, or dulling of the senses or for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting, or disturbing the audio, visual, or mental processes, or to knowingly and with the intent to do so be under the influence of nitrous oxide or any material containing nitrous oxide.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735&version=20130AB173599INT)
2. **04/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735&version=20130AB173598AMD)
3. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735&version=20130AB173597AMD)
4. **04/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735&version=20130AB173596AMD)
5. **05/05/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735&version=20130AB173595AMD)
6. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735&version=20130AB173594AMD)
7. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735&version=20130AB173592CHP)
8. **AB1735** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735)
9. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1735&version=20130AB173593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1735 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1735 Hall By Knight — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1735 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** From consent calendar.
- **2014-05-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5164.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4419.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6043.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 458, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b61de4a-b8ec-4a03-ae84-f1fcfe04782c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).