republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016-special-session-2/ab-9.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco use programs."
description: "Existing law establishes the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee to provide advice to the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Education with respect to policy development, integration, and evaluation of tobacco education programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to allocate funds to county offices of education for tobacco use prevention, intervention, and cessation activities. Existing law also requires that all school districts and county offices of education that receive funding, as specified, adopt and enforce a tobacco-free campus policy, no later than July of each fiscal year, prohibiting the use of tobacco products, any time, in district-owned or leased buildings, on district property and in district vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 9"
citation: "California AB 9 (20152016 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco use programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurmond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-07-16"
last_action: "2016-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60bd2769-e3a8-4db5-ae2f-af1eb4790800"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9"
source_hash: "2bbb58696b5764005a37ea542b28c595a3aafc0a20b5823c1b5b66a47fa07c52"
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 9 (20152016 Special Session 2) — Tobacco use programs.

Existing law establishes the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee to provide advice to the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Education with respect to policy development, integration, and evaluation of tobacco education programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to allocate funds to county offices of education for tobacco use prevention, intervention, and cessation activities. Existing law also requires that all school districts and county offices of education that receive funding, as specified, adopt and enforce a tobacco-free campus policy, no later than July of each fiscal year, prohibiting the use of tobacco products, any time, in district-owned or leased buildings, on district property and in district vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **07/16/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB999INT)
2. **03/03/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB997AMD)
3. **05/04/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB995CHP)
4. **08/27/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB998AMD)
5. **AB9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9)
6. **03/14/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520162AB9&version=20152AB996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Finance] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 9 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — **59–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB9 Thurmond By Liu — **30–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thurmond — primary (person)
- Liu — principal coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — author (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: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on FINANCE. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on FINANCE. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (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. (Page 184.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 184.)
- **2016-03-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 184.)
- **2016-03-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 6. Page 185.) `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 3.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 8). `committee-passage-favorable, 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 30. Noes 8. 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 5, Statutes of 2015-16 Second Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60bd2769-e3a8-4db5-ae2f-af1eb4790800`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).