Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act, prohibits the sale, distribution, or nonsale distribution of tobacco products, as defined, directly or indirectly to any person under 21 years of age through the United States Postal Service or through any other public or private postal or package delivery service. Existing law requires a person selling or distributing tobacco products directly to a consumer through the United States Postal Service or by another postal or package delivery service to comply with specified age-verification policies and deliver only to the consumer's verified mailing or billing address, as applicable. Existing law authorizes enforcing agencies to assess civil penalties for violations of the STAKE Act.
Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act, prohibits the sale, distribution, or nonsale distribution of tobacco products, as defined, directly or indirectly to any person under 21 years of age through the United States Postal Service or through any other public or private postal or package delivery service. Existing law requires a person selling or distributing tobacco products directly to a consumer through the United States Postal Service or by another postal or package delivery service to comply with specified age-verification policies and deliver only to the consumer's verified mailing or billing address, as applicable. Existing law authorizes enforcing agencies to assess civil penalties for violations of the STAKE Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading SB39 Hill et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
SB 39 Hill Senate Third Reading By McCarty — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Bloom — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Glazer — author (person)
Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Leyva — coauthor (person)
McCarty — principal coauthor (person)
Portantino — author (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Stone — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-12-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-12-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
2019-01-16 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-03-07 Set for hearing March 27.
2019-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 490.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-18 Set for hearing April 29.
2019-04-29 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 958.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2019-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-11 (Received at desk July 10 pursuant to JR 61(a)(10)).
2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2955.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-03 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2019-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 295, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b509f7b-3327-43a3-b799-6f4670d3e2a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).