Existing law, the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act, prohibits a person from selling, offering, or possessing for sale in this state cigarettes that are not in compliance with certain requirements, including the requirement that the cigarettes are tested by the manufacturer in accordance with prescribed testing methods. Existing law provides an exception to the above prohibition for a person or entity that manufactures or sells cigarettes if the cigarettes are or will be stamped or metered for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside of the United States.
California SB 1408 (20172018) — Cigarettes: seizure.
Existing law, the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act, prohibits a person from selling, offering, or possessing for sale in this state cigarettes that are not in compliance with certain requirements, including the requirement that the cigarettes are tested by the manufacturer in accordance with prescribed testing methods. Existing law provides an exception to the above prohibition for a person or entity that manufactures or sells cigarettes if the cigarettes are or will be stamped or metered for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside of the United States.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1408 Pan Senate Third Reading By WOOD — 68–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Pan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 16.
2018-04-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4697.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-09 Set for hearing May 14.
2018-05-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 4223.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-14 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2018-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-07-02 (Received June 29 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(13)).
2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 5. Page 6474.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-23 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2018-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
2018-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 613, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8afd165-bbb5-4601-a709-c70dbdcf7635. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).