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Bill	Smokeless tobacco: baseball stadiums.	Existing law generally prohibits the smoking of tobacco in the workplace and in public buildings, except in specified areas.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 768	California AB 768 (20152016)	bill	Smokeless tobacco: baseball stadiums.	enacted	Thurmond	8	29	8	2015-02-25	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/052488f0-5d47-4044-a12d-339468f26329	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768	7be466e627607cbaa1d22df21e03b27ab3dd9d1917b225ba3264d132d45f1752	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 768 (20152016) — Smokeless tobacco: baseball stadiums.

Existing law generally prohibits the smoking of tobacco in the workplace and in public buildings, except in specified areas.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/03/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/14/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB768 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB768 Thurmond By Leno — 24–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Industrial Relations] — 7–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 768 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — 53–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 768 THURMOND Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Thurmond — primary (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Re-referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 1903.)
• 2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 1904.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2015-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2150.). 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.
• 2015-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 2613.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-03 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 779, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/052488f0-5d47-4044-a12d-339468f26329. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).