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California AB 573 (20252026) — Cigarette and tobacco products: licensing and enforcement.

The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, distributers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB573 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 573 Rogers Assembly Third Reading — 63–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB573 Rogers et al. By Rubio — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 573 Rogers Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rogers — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)
• Ahrens — coauthor (person)
• Boerner — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2025-03-28 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 1. Page 1973.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2025-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2735.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 1. Page 3198.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/088802cc-81c4-4194-83b7-4bf4e3aa212d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).