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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016 Special Session 2	AB 7	California AB 7 (20152016 Special Session 2)	bill	Smoking in the workplace.	enacted	Mark Stone	6	22	7	2015-07-16	2016-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/46bc18b5-e683-48c3-84c0-df862b9ff005	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB7	97ef6906436507a235f4fac284c99017edae72608fb61c9ca0670b075101a6e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 03/03/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. AB7 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/14/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/46bc18b5-e683-48c3-84c0-df862b9ff005. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).