republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1742.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement."
description: "(1) Existing law, the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act, administered by the State Fire Marshal, prohibits a person from selling, offering, or possessing for sale in this state cigarettes not in compliance with certain requirements, including the requirement that the cigarettes are tested by the manufacturer in accordance with prescribed testing methods. In certain circumstances, the act provides an exception from the above for distributors, wholesalers, or retailers to sell their cigarette inventory that existed on January 1, 2007."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1742"
citation: "California AB 1742 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Rivas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e87f5bd-db86-4099-beae-c4c52355d274"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1742"
source_hash: "48b0fa49c9a6d127b37483b7963a88e8210fbf770c1b0f6663a9805247355133"
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 1742 (20212022) — California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

(1) Existing law, the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act, administered by the State Fire Marshal, prohibits a person from selling, offering, or possessing for sale in this state cigarettes not in compliance with certain requirements, including the requirement that the cigarettes are tested by the manufacturer in accordance with prescribed testing methods. In certain circumstances, the act provides an exception from the above for distributors, wholesalers, or retailers to sell their cigarette inventory that existed on January 1, 2007.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1742&version=20210AB174299INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1742&version=20210AB174298AMD)
3. **05/31/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1742&version=20210AB174297AMD)
4. **09/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1742&version=20210AB174295CHP)
5. **AB1742** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1742)
6. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1742&version=20210AB174296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1742 Robert Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1742 Robert Rivas By Umberg — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1742 Robert Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **51–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rivas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 14. Page 4703.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5015.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 16.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 454, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e87f5bd-db86-4099-beae-c4c52355d274`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).