republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-768.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smokeless tobacco: baseball stadiums."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits the smoking of tobacco in the workplace and in public buildings, except in specified areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 768"
citation: "California AB 768 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Smokeless tobacco: baseball stadiums."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurmond"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/052488f0-5d47-4044-a12d-339468f26329"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768"
source_hash: "7be466e627607cbaa1d22df21e03b27ab3dd9d1917b225ba3264d132d45f1752"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768&version=20150AB76899INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768&version=20150AB76898AMD)
3. **05/05/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768&version=20150AB76897AMD)
4. **06/03/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768&version=20150AB76896AMD)
5. **07/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768&version=20150AB76895AMD)
6. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768&version=20150AB76893CHP)
7. **AB768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768)
8. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB768&version=20150AB76894ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/052488f0-5d47-4044-a12d-339468f26329`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).