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Bill	Product sales to minors: vapor products.	Existing law prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to people under 18 years of age. Existing law defines "electronic cigarette" as a device that can provide an inhalable dose of nicotine by delivering a vaporized solution.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 216	California AB 216 (20152016)	bill	Product sales to minors: vapor products.	enacted	Cristina Garcia	6	22	6	2015-02-02	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c4628c1b-ddf3-4353-b895-24418ccad2dc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB216	238599ecb965a8f89f4134e022762ab429b6e70de2cce2018cec4d3d1518b217	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 216 (20152016) — Product sales to minors: vapor products.

Existing law prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to people under 18 years of age. Existing law defines "electronic cigarette" as a device that can provide an inhalable dose of nicotine by delivering a vaporized solution.

Version chain

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

1. 02/02/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/29/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB216 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 216 GARCIA, C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 216 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB216 Cristina Garcia By Hernandez — 35–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cristina Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
• 2015-02-09 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2015-04-13 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1259.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2145.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 2667.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 769, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4628c1b-ddf3-4353-b895-24418ccad2dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).