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Bill	Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding.	The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the State Board of Equalization to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products, and imposes various licensing fees. That act requires a retailer to have a license to engage in the sale of cigarette and tobacco products, and requires a separate license for each retail location. Existing law imposes a fee for each license and provides that the license is valid for a 12-month period. On and after January 1, 2017, existing law requires a license to be renewed annually and imposes a renewal fee.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2770	California AB 2770 (20152016)	bill	Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding.	enacted	Nazarian	7	26	9	2016-02-19	2016-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/ef6f26b3-5eef-49d6-81d5-75df6e57deb3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2770	4df36a091e27a73c87d3fff09a979f1d362d3d97f88547874d10e2652a689777	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2770 (20152016) — Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding.

The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the State Board of Equalization to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products, and imposes various licensing fees. That act requires a retailer to have a license to engage in the sale of cigarette and tobacco products, and requires a separate license for each retail location. Existing law imposes a fee for each license and provides that the license is valid for a 12-month period. On and after January 1, 2017, existing law requires a license to be renewed annually and imposes a renewal fee.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/12/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/16/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2770 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2770 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — 44–26 (pass) · lower
• AB 2770 NAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 50–28 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2770 Nazarian By Beall — 27–11 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 11–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nazarian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-10 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2016-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 8.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 26. Page 4955.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2016-06-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5048.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-18 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-31 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2016-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6544.)
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 6551.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2016-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 699, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef6f26b3-5eef-49d6-81d5-75df6e57deb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).