republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2496.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cigarette and tobacco products."
description: "(1) The California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 (hereafter the act) provides for the licensure, by the State Board of Equalization, of manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, importers, and retailers of cigarette or tobacco products that are engaged in business in California and prohibits retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers from distributing or selling those cigarette and tobacco products unless they are in compliance with those licensure requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2496"
citation: "California AB 2496 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cigarette and tobacco products."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eec54b36-7747-4ad8-9fc5-656559d39c70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496"
source_hash: "1307a4e6f96a18e8f32f19b13de0d0d683ccfb5576acd884a602386b5b43f2c5"
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 2496 (20092010) — Cigarette and tobacco products.

(1) The California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 (hereafter the act) provides for the licensure, by the State Board of Equalization, of manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, importers, and retailers of cigarette or tobacco products that are engaged in business in California and prohibits retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers from distributing or selling those cigarette and tobacco products unless they are in compliance with those licensure requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496&version=20090AB249699INT)
2. **04/14/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496&version=20090AB249698AMD)
3. **05/13/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496&version=20090AB249697AMD)
4. **05/20/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496&version=20090AB249696AMD)
5. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496&version=20090AB249695AMD)
6. **08/18/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496&version=20090AB249694AMD)
7. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496&version=20090AB249692CHP)
8. **AB2496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496)
9. **09/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2496&version=20090AB249693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2496 NAVA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2496 Nava By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2496 NAVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 1.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 5392.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-08-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 4788.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6562.)
- **2010-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 6588.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eec54b36-7747-4ad8-9fc5-656559d39c70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).