republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-216.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Product sales to minors: vapor products."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 216"
citation: "California AB 216 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Product sales to minors: vapor products."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-02"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4628c1b-ddf3-4353-b895-24418ccad2dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB216"
source_hash: "238599ecb965a8f89f4134e022762ab429b6e70de2cce2018cec4d3d1518b217"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB216&version=20150AB21699INT)
2. **04/13/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB216&version=20150AB21698AMD)
3. **06/29/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB216&version=20150AB21697AMD)
4. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB216&version=20150AB21695CHP)
5. **AB216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB216)
6. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB216&version=20150AB21696ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4628c1b-ddf3-4353-b895-24418ccad2dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).