republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1301.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retail tobacco sales: STAKE Act."
description: "Existing law, the California Cigarette and Tobacco Licensing Act of 2003, requires a retailer to obtain a license from the State Board of Equalization to engage in the sale of cigarette and tobacco products in California. Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act, or STAKE Act, establishes various requirements for retailers relating to tobacco sales to minors. Existing law also makes it a misdemeanor for a retailer to knowingly or under circumstances in which it has knowledge, or should otherwise have grounds for knowledge, sell, give, or in any way furnish a minor with tobacco products or paraphernalia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1301"
citation: "California AB 1301 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retail tobacco sales: STAKE Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9c2fae3-2705-4d19-8594-ce4b36306e88"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301"
source_hash: "870caede04be1e0852bfb7e930b067ed79b90b5b855f1241313f8cef410619a0"
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 1301 (20112012) — Retail tobacco sales: STAKE Act.

Existing law, the California Cigarette and Tobacco Licensing Act of 2003, requires a retailer to obtain a license from the State Board of Equalization to engage in the sale of cigarette and tobacco products in California. Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act, or STAKE Act, establishes various requirements for retailers relating to tobacco sales to minors. Existing law also makes it a misdemeanor for a retailer to knowingly or under circumstances in which it has knowledge, or should otherwise have grounds for knowledge, sell, give, or in any way furnish a minor with tobacco products or paraphernalia.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130199INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130194AMD)
3. **01/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130193AMD)
4. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130198AMD)
5. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130197AMD)
6. **06/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130192AMD)
7. **06/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130196AMD)
8. **06/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130195AMD)
9. **08/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130191AMD)
10. **09/15/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130189CHP)
11. **AB1301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301)
12. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1301&version=20110AB130190ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1301 HILL Assembly Third Reading — **61–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1301 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1301 Hill By Padilla — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Padilla — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-25** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 1671.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-30** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-01-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-02-02** Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 4581.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 6097.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9c2fae3-2705-4d19-8594-ce4b36306e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).