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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: selling or furnishing tobacco or related products and paraphernalia to underage persons."
description: "Existing law prohibits the sale or furnishing of tobacco or tobacco products or paraphernalia, as specified, to a person who is under 21 years of age. Under existing law, a violation of this prohibition is punishable by a fine of $200 for the first offense, $500 for the 2nd offense, and $1,000 for the 3rd offense, either as a misdemeanor or by a civil action, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2021"
citation: "California AB 2021 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "selling or furnishing tobacco or related products and paraphernalia to underage persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec76c06-8f1a-4496-9531-8692f090e24f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2021"
source_hash: "530a9d7f4920e4f67e7570fa4955b4c8d037b2b1458f94a315d13fba4189ed2d"
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 2021 (20232024) — Crimes: selling or furnishing tobacco or related products and paraphernalia to underage persons.
Existing law prohibits the sale or furnishing of tobacco or tobacco products or paraphernalia, as specified, to a person who is under 21 years of age. Under existing law, a violation of this prohibition is punishable by a fine of $200 for the first offense, $500 for the 2nd offense, and $1,000 for the 3rd offense, either as a misdemeanor or by a civil action, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/31/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2021&version=20230AB202199INT)
2. **03/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2021&version=20230AB202198AMD)
3. **06/17/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2021&version=20230AB202197AMD)
4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2021&version=20230AB202195CHP)
5. **AB2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2021)
6. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2021&version=20230AB202196ENR)
## Votes
- AB 2021 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — **720** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2021 Bauer-Kahan By Becker — **342** (pass) · upper
- AB 2021 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **41** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 5231.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6574.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec76c06-8f1a-4496-9531-8692f090e24f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).